Industry Minister Calls for Increase in Worker Productivity

• Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw has called for an increase in the productivity index so that the economy can remain on the growth path.
• Delivering the keynote address at the opening of a Middle Managers Conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston today (May 7), the Minister emphasized that as employment increases, production must keep pace with that growth, so that citizens can access improved services.
• “Even as we create more jobs, we must focus on incremental increases in worker productivity,” Mr. Shaw told the audience, adding that training of workers must also be sped up.

(Source: JIS)