Bartlett warns tourism players not to charge for job recruitment
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has warned tourism stakeholders to desist from charging individuals seeking to secure jobs in the sector. Noting that it is tantamount to scamming, Bartlett said “nobody is to pay an agent or any intermediary for any recruitment opportunity for work in the tourism sector at this time.”
According to a release, the Minister was speaking at the official handover of Disaster Risk Management tools at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel recently, where he revealed having heard of cases where potential workers were being charged up to $200,000 by recruiters.
Stopping short of calling the act criminal, Bartlett noted that anyone caught partaking in this activity will be treated as scammers, adding that “the law will take its course.”
Bartlett also noted that there is high demand for Jamaican workers not just locally, but globally, adding that the tourism sector has a responsibility to ensure that its workers are not being scammed in the process.