Dr. Nigel Clarke, Jamaica’s Minister of Finance and the Public Service announced on Tuesday that the national minimum wage will be increased in April.
The minister did not state the level of increase but indicated that the Minister of Labour and Social Security, Karl Samuda, is to make the disclosure.
Clarke noted that an increase would help in making the lives of minimum wage earners more comfortable.
The cabinet last approved an increase of 28.5 per cent in the national minimum wage on April 1, 2022. With that increase, the rate moved from $7,000 to $9,000 per 40-hour workweek.
The last increase in the minimum wage also saw the rate paid to industrial security guards move from $9,700 to $10,500 per 40-hour work week, along with accompanying allowances.
