Federal law says that IHSS providers who work more than 40 hours in a week must receive overtime pay. Overtime is calculated per week, so for the first time, IHSS consumer and provider hours will be calculated by the week. The workweek begins at 12:00 a.m. on Sunday, includes the next consecutive 168 hours, and ends at 11:59 p.m. the following Saturday. Overtime is paid at time-and-one-half the regular hourly wage.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (Jamaica) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is the ministry responsible for handling the Jamaica's external relations and foreign trade. The ministry's current director is Senator Kamina Johnson-Smith. Contents.
Ruel Reid appointed to the Senate. KINGSTON Jamaica â Noted educator and Jamaica College Principal Ruel Reid has been appointed to the Senate. Reid will take his seat at the next sitting of the Senate as an Opposition Senator appointed by Andrew Holness, leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). Reid a former advisor to the Minister of Education under the previous administration, accepted the offer a statement today from the JLP said.