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Labour Law

What is a Redundancy in Jamaica?

The term “redundancy” is not strange to many Jamaican workers, but do you really understand what is a redundancy? According to www.indeed.com, “redundancy refers to the process when employers have to let go of one or more employees due to circumstances …

What is Education Tax
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What is Education Tax in Jamaica?

What is Education Tax? It was the year 1983 and the “powers-at-be” decided to implement what we now call the Education Tax, in an effort to ensure that a pool of funds would be constantly available to assist with the …

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What is NHT Tax?

What is NHT? NHT stands for National Housing Trust, which is a government organization established back in the 70s, allegedly with the aim of providing affordable housing to NHT contributors. Who are these contributors? You! As usual, if the government …

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What is the NIS in Jamaica?

What Does NIS in Jamaica Mean? NIS in Jamaica means National Insurance Scheme, which is a social security scheme. Social security usually means a government system that provides monetary assistance to the people and these people usually have low to …