Scott takes over at WORC

| 05/05/2020 | 18 Comments
Cayman News Service
Jeremy Scott, WORC Acting Director

(CNS): Deputy Director Jeremy Scott has been appointed as the acting director at Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman (WORC) after the two-year long secondment of Sharon Roulstone ended Friday. The immigration ministry’s chief officer, Wesley Howell, said that Scott’s “vast experience with immigration, enforcement and leadership” made him the best person to lead WORC as the department responds to the needs of Caymanian workers and businesses in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Howell thanked Interim Director Sharon Roulstone, saying she was instrumental in leading the transition from the former Cayman Islands Immigration Department and the National Workforce Development Agency. He said she had applied her vast knowledge of immigration laws to implement and achieve the new objectives of WORC.

Roulstone had been seconded to the job from the Office of the Ombudsman in March 2018. It is understood that she will now be returning to the office, heading up the arm dealing with complaints about civil servants.


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  1. Anonymous says:

    Don’t know the guy, but government always put civil servants into these positions to control them. I do want to say that its a start to seeing a new face in leadership. Start removing all the old over stayed civil servants that’s been in government 40 plus years.

    I hope he don’t get fat and over weight like all the others.

  2. Anonymous says:

    Congrats Jeremy you will take the country to the next level

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  3. Anonymous says:

    “…dealing with complaints about civil servants”. I thought the Complaints Commissioners law or whatever it’s called excluded the civil service from its scrutiny?

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  4. TheFalcon says:

    Congrats Jeremy. Your experience, leadership and expertise, plus your caring personality will indeed result in positive results.

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  5. Anonymous says:

    an impossible task, but I wish Jeremy the best.

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  6. Anonymous says:

    Sharon did a fantastic job considering she ran 2 departments at once basically

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  7. Anonymous says:

    1 Deputy- Kyle McLean and 4 Heads

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  8. Anonymous says:

    Maybe this should have happened far earlier. Glad to see Mr. Scott at the helm and looking forward to the pace of progress picking up under his leadership.

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  9. Anonymous says:

    Well whoop dee freakin do…….

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  10. Anonymous says:

    Jeremy has the experience, knowledge, interpersonal skills…but most importantly, the character, to steer this department in a direction that will be fair and judicious for all. His relaxed manner is a wonderful cover for his extreme integrity. Good going bro.

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  11. Anon says:

    That’s one less Deputy Director, but how many does that leave?, plus all the other Heads of Dept.

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  12. Anonymous says:

    Great job Sharon- our Caymanian girl!
    All the best Jeremy- son of the soil!

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  13. Anonymous says:

    Ok now let’s get down to the business of looking after best interests of Caymanians.

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  14. Anonymous says:

    Congratulations Jeremy!

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    • Anonymous says:

      I’ve known Jeremy since we were kids on the Brac together. He was always a regular, fun kid, but we all respected him because first he was the best athlete at every sport but second, he never made us feel that we weren’t just as good.

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