New Year’s Day to be Observed on January 2
Not dissimilar to Christmas day this year, New Years day in Jamaica will be celebrated the day following the actual day.
According to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS), New Year’s Day will be observed on Monday, January 2, 2017.
According to the law, if New Year’s Day falls on a Sunday, then the following day, Monday, is to be observed as a public holiday.
Minimum-wage earners are to be paid at double-time rates if their employers require them to work on the Monday.
If these workers are requested to work on Sunday and it is their agreed rest day, that is they would not normally work on a Sunday, then they would also be entitled to payments at the double-time rate.
However, if the Sunday is the employees’ agreed normal working day and they are called out to work, the minimum-wage earner would not be entitled to payments at the double-time rate.
Work done during any period on a rest day or public holiday attracts the double-time rate, which is currently $310.00 per hour for minimum-wage earners.
Other workers who are not minimum-wage earners are to be guided by the terms of their employment contracts, collective agreements or what is otherwise agreed with their employers.
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