Veteran trade unionist Vincent Morrison has charged that last September's Supreme Court ruling which upgraded the status of security guards from independent contractors to employees, "is in large .
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File photo of the entrance to the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre in downtown Kingston.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Matthew Samuda, is disenchanted at COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among some 90 per cent of prison inmates locally.
Samuda expressed disappointment that only roughly 300 or 10 per cent of the inmate population have so far been inoculated.
He contended that while every inmate was offered the vaccine, they cannot be compelled to take it. We have made it available and we continue to do our best to monitor the protocols to ensure that risk is mitigated, stated Samuda.
He was speaking following a tour of the Private Security Regulations Authority (PSRA) Regional Office in Montego Bay, St James last week.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Matthew Samuda, says amendments are being made to modernise the legislative framework that governs the private security industry.
Senator Samuda, who was speaking following a tour of the Private Security Regulations Authority (PSRA) Regional Office in Montego Bay, St. James, on Thursday (May 6), indicated that the process could take approximately 18 to 24 months.
“The [current] legislative framework that governs the private security industry is inadequate and we are in a rush to bring it into the 21st century,” he noted.
He explained that one of the issues that has affected the private security industry is that it interacts with and is regulated at some level by three Ministries – Finance and the Public Service, Labour and Social Security, and National Security.