The Ministry of Employment, Immigration and Civil Status (MEICS) conducted a series of activities in commemoration of Safety Week. This included a basic refresher course in ‘occupational safety and health’ on Praslin, which saw the involvement of 25 organisations from both the public and private sectors. The one-day training, which was held at the Pension Fund Complex in Grand Anse,…
Nov 23, 2019
School leavers get a second chance to graduate A group of trainees who have successfully completed their training under the Skills Development Programme of 2018-2019 have received their certificate. The programme, which was officially launched in 2016, allows youths who have not had the privilege to graduate at either secondary or post-secondary level to undertake skills development training at various…
Nov 13, 2019
The graduates in a souvenir photograph with guests (Photo: Thomas Meriton)
he remarkable economic turnaround of l’Union Estate on La Digue during the past 21 months has been commended by stakeholders and partners in the tourism trade. This was during the last multi-sectoral meeting for this year held yesterday morning at National House. The meeting, chaired by the Minister for Tourism, Civil Aviation, Ports & Marine Didier Dogley, was also attended…
Nov 09, 2019
Departman Lanplwa pou envit sa de lakonpannyen pour vin donn detay lo fason zot fer rekritman Gouvernman Sesel pou tre byento envit sa de lakonpannyen Bangladeshi ki responsab pour rekrit travayer sorti dan sa pei pour vin travay Sesel pour zot vin eksplike ki mannyer zot fer rekritman e avek ki vites pour ki napa dele. Avek sinyatir en lakor…
Nov 05, 2019
Gouvernman pe met diferan sonm larzan dan bidze lannen prosenn pour enplimant plizyer polisi ki pou kontinyen amelyor son bann progranm sosyal. Minis responsab pour finans, Anbasader Maurice Loustau-Lalanne, ti anons sa bann nouvo polisi letan i ti pe prezant bidze pour 2020 devan Lasanble Nasyonal Zedi bomaten anba tenm ‘Rezilta Ekitab - Prosperite Partaze’. I dir sa tenm i…
Nov 02, 2019
The Minister for Employment, Immigration and Civil Status, Myriam Telemaque, in the presence of officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, welcomed the Bangladeshi Minister for Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment, Imran Ahmad, and his delegation at Independence House on Monday this week for a technical meeting. Minister Ahmad was in Seychelles on a three-day visit specifically for the signing…
Oct 26, 2019
With the labour agreement with the Bangladesh government signed and moratorium on recruitment of Bangladeshi workers finally removed, the Ministry of Employment, Immigration and Civil Status have now revealed the new procedures for recruiting Bangladeshi workers. These procedures have already been communicated to employers. The ministry imposed a moratorium on the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers in Seychelles in October 2018,…
Oct 24, 2019
Unemployment rate down by 0.1 percent The unemployment rate for quarter 2 of 2019 is down 0.1 percent from quarter 1 2019 and 1.5 percent lower than quarter 2 last year according to statistics compiled by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). In a press conference held yesterday afternoon principal statistician of social statistics at NBS, Maria Payet, and chief…
Oct 23, 2019
Seychellois employers will now have to recruit Bangladeshi workers through only two approved recruitment agencies in Bangladesh. This follows the signing of a labour agreement between the Republic of Seychelles and the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, which seeks to ensure protection of the rights of Bangladeshi workers in employment in Seychelles. The agreement was officially signed yesterday afternoon on behalf…
Oct 22, 2019
To celebrate the two years since the Employment, Immigration and Civil Status departments have joined as a ministry, a ‘Fitness Fun Day’ was organised by the social welfare committee of the ministry on Saturday October 12, 2019 at the Mont Fleuri sports field. The aim of the activity was to promote fitness and a healthy lifestyle among the staff and…
Oct 19, 2019