Tag: WORC statistics
Work permits climbed to almost 38k at end of 2024
(CNS): The number of work permit holders in Cayman has increased to new highs again, according to figures from Work Force Residency Cayman. In December, there were 37,909 active permits for jobs across the board, from accountants to yoga instructors, the highest ever recorded. The most recent published figures from the Economics and Statistics Office, […]
Nepalese emerge as fifth largest group of permit holders
(CNS): At the end of 2018, there were 385 work permit holders in the Cayman Islands from the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal, but over the last six years, this number has more than tripled. Updated statistics released by WORC reveal that, as of 1 July, there were 1,245 Nepalese workers here, and they now make […]
Another record toppled as permits climb to 37,437
(CNS): The latest statistics supplied to a local law firm by WORC revealed that, as of 18 April, there were 37,437 work permits in effect in the Cayman Islands, which is up by 465 since March and yet another record. Jamaicans still comprise the biggest group of foreign workers at 15,519, or 41% of all current […]
Year opens with a drop of over 1,000 permit holders
(CNS): According to the latest statistics released by WORC, there was a significant drop in the number of work permit holders over the final quarter of last year. Since September, when there were a record-breaking 36,501 individual permit holders in the Cayman Islands, the number has fallen, for the first time since the pandemic, by […]
