The
House of Representatives was the site of another historic Bill being passed
onto the next stage of becoming law.
I
am of course referring to the Flexi-Work Bill that paves the way for the
introduction of the Flexi-work week as stated in the article Way paved
for flexiwork, Published Wednesday September 24, 2014 by Gary Spaulding,
Senior Gleaner Writer, The Jamaica Gleaner.
Announce
earlier in March 2014 by Minister of Labour David Kellier, it faced some
opposition from Church Groups, who protested its implementation, fearing that
they’d lose out on their tithes as concluded in my blog
article entitled “Minister
Derrick Kellier announces Historic Flexible Work Week Bill to be Tabled in
Jamaican Parliament - Churches upset Government coming after their Tithes
Cash-Cow”.
This
folks is almost 20 years of legislature in the making that has the potential to
change how we work as Jamaicans as chronicled in my Geezam blog article entitled “Jamaica’s 100MBps Internet
Silver Lining – Tele-commuting Workplace is coming”.
It
will open up pockets of employment that didn’t exist before such as
telecommuting. Call center already work on a flexi-work week arrangement, where
the weekend is basically any day that workforce chooses or that you as a
Customer Service Agent can wrangle based on swapping hours with your fellow
workers!
Only
with this Flexi-work Bill, which is on its way to the Senate for further debate
unopposed, it’ll mean all work places will have the option to introduce
flexi-work format to how they hire labour.
The
Church’s opposition since June 2013 to this modern ground-breaking piece of
legislation introduced by Minister of Labour David Kellier as noted in my blog
article entitled “How
to find work in Jamaica at Call Centers - Church opposed to Modernizing Jamaica
via Flexi-Work and 4G LTE to introduce Tele-commuting is really Much Ado About
Nothing” was clearly absent.
Apparently
it was clear to them that the Flexi-work Bill did not impede the Right to
worship under Charter of Fundamental Rights in Section three of the
Constitution relating to the Rights of the Jamaican Citizen.
Flexi-work Bill sent to
Senate without Opposition – JLP singing praises as to this historic occasion
The
JLP (Jamaica Labour Party) Opposition Spokesman on Labour Pearnel Charles,
Senator Delroy Chuck, and Arnaldo Brown and Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams apparently
couldn’t contain themselves, commenting rather vigorously for most of the
proceedings.
Senator
Delroy Chuck called for its immediate implementation in the Civil Service,
particularly:
Judges
and Barristers of the Courts
1. Police
2. Nurses
3. Doctors
By
the GOJ (Government of Jamaica) setting a good example, it would result in the
Private Sector being keen to follow suit until the bill was finally passé into
law in the Upper house or Senate. After all, a Flexi-Work week would benefit
them, resulting in fewer persons having to travel ad many employees would opt
to work from home.
Especially
as the coming of 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) from the Telecom Providers with
VoLTE meant that you could stay at home and video-conference meetings in real
time as alluded in my blog
article entitled “Digicel
and LIME going VoLTE - Why GSM extinct
and Spectrum reused for M2M Services in HD Audio and Video Caribbean VoLTE-Age”.
Folks,
a new Dawn in Jamaica’s Labour Market has occurred. Work anyplace in Jamaica will
basically become like working in a Call Center, with flexibility that will
still preserve the Day of Worship as has always existed.
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