Ukhenketho lwaseJamaica UMphathiswa, u-Edmund Bartlett uthi Isikimu soMhlala-phantsi saBasebenzi bezoKhenketho siza kuba sisicwangciso esibalulekileyo somthetho wezokhenketho kwihlabathi, njengoko izakuba yeyokuqala ngqa ukubonelela ngesicwangciso esipheleleyo somhlala-phantsi kubo bonke abasebenzi becandelo lezokhenketho- nokuba isigxina, ikhontrakthi okanye umntu ozisebenzelayo.
Ukuthetha kwi Ukhenketho lwaseJamaica Isemina yokuLumkisa abaSebenzi yoMhlala-phantsi kunye noQeqesho kwiSikhululo senqwelomoya saseNorman Manley eQonston izolo, uMphathiswa uqaphele ukuba “Ngoku ngenxa yemizamo edityanelweyo ethubeni, sihlangene nesicwangciso esizakuba sisicwangciso esibalulekileyo umthetho wezokhenketho kwezentlalo emhlabeni. IJamaica iya kuba lelona lizwe liphela emhlabeni elinesicwangciso esibanzi somhlala-phantsi sabo bonke abasebenzi becandelo lezokhenketho. ”
Iskimu sePension Workers 'Pension scheme senzelwe ukuhlanganisa bonke abasebenzi abaneminyaka eli-18 ukuya kwengama-59 kwicandelo lezokhenketho, nokuba sisigxina, sisivumelwano okanye bayazisebenza. Oku kubandakanya abasebenzi basehotele kunye nabantu abaqeshwe kwimizi-mveliso enxulumene noko, njengabathengisi bezobugcisa, abathengisi babakhenkethi, abathwali bemithwalo ababomvu, abasebenza ngeenqwelo zokuthenga nabasebenzi kwiindawo ezinomtsalane.
Isikimu sePension Workers 'Pension Scheme, nesizakufumana imali eziibhiliyoni zeerandi kwiNgxowa-mali yokuPhucula ezoKhenketho (TEF), siyakubona izibonelelo zihlawulwa kubudala beminyaka engama-1 okanye ngaphezulu.
“Esi siqwenga somthetho wezentlalo kwishishini siza kuthi sibonakalise kwangexesha, elona chibi likhulu lokonga imali kwasekhaya ebelinokubonelelwa loluqoqosho. Ukukhula kokwenene kuza xa sikwazi ukuguqula imali esiyigcinele ekhaya siyenze kutyalo-mali, ”utshilo.
Uye waqaphela ukuba esi sicwangciso siza kuba nomdla ngakumbi kubasebenzi kolu shishino abaqeshwe kwimibutho eliqela kwiminyaka edlulileyo kwizivumelwano zengqesho zexeshana elifutshane.
“Esi sicwangciso siza kukhusela abasebenzi bekhontrakthi ngokubabonelela ngomnatha wokhuseleko loluntu. Iya kubenza bakwazi ukujoyina njengomntu oziqeshileyo. Kungoko ungasuka kwenye inkampani uye kwenye, utshintshe ikhontrakthi yakho, usazi ukuba izicwangciso zakho zomhlala-phantsi zikhuselekile, ”utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett.
Ngokuka-Mphathiswa Wezokhenketho, iskim sisiqwengana sokugqibela kumacebo amane ophuhliso lwabasebenzi ukuphucula abasebenzi bezokhenketho baseJamaica.
Amanye amanyathelo amathathu kwisicwangciso sophuhliso lwabasebenzi luqeqesho, ukuxhotyiswa ngezakhono kunye nokwenza ukuba babe nakho abasebenzi bezokhenketho ukuba babe nolwazi kwaye baguqule olo lwazi lube zizicelo ezisebenzayo; ukubonelela ngendlela eya kubungcali kunye nemisebenzi; kunye nokuphucula iimeko zentlalo ahlala phantsi kwazo umsebenzi wezokhenketho.
“Ukuba sifuna ukwakha amandla okhenketho ukuze sihambise i-ajenda yempumelelo, kufuneka sakhe abantu, izakhono zoluntu kufuneka ziphuculwe. Sicinga ukuba akukho bulingane kulo mdlalo, ukuba olu shishino lukhulu kakhulu, kwaye alunakukhusela ukhuseleko, ikamva kunye neemfuno zentlalo zabantu abasebenza kuwo, utshilo.
UMthetho oYilwayo weNkqubo yezePenshoni yaBasebenzi bezoKhenketho wapasiswa kwiNdlu yePalamente ngomhla wama-25 kuJuni kwaye uhambelana nomgqaliselo kaRhulumente ekudaleni uthungelwano lokhuseleko loluntu kwicandelo lezokhenketho.
Icandelo loMphathiswa Wezokhenketho liza kubamba ezinye iiSemina zokuLumkisa nokuCetyiswa kwabaSebenzi boMhlala-phantsi e-Ocho Rios, eMontego Bay naseNegril kwezi veki zimbini zizayo, njengenxalenye yephulo lokwazisa uluntu.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Speaking at a Jamaica Tourism Workers' Pension Scheme Awareness and Sensitization Seminar at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston yesterday, the Minister noted that “We now as a result of collective efforts over a period of time, have come together with a plan that will be a landmark plan for tourism social legislation in the world.
- Jamaica Tourism Minister, Hon Edmund Bartlett says the Tourism Workers' Pension Scheme will be a landmark plan for tourism social legislation in the world, as it will be the first of its kind to provide a comprehensive pension plan for all the workers of the tourism sector — whether permanent, contract or self-employed.
- The Tourism Workers' Pension Scheme Bill was passed in the House of Parliament on June 25 and is in keeping with the Government's focus on creating a social security network within the tourism sector.
