Tag: Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman
Scott made WORC boss after years acting in role
(CNS): Jeremy Scott has finally been confirmed as the director of Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman (WORC) after acting in the job, on and off, for almost three years. Scott was originally recruited to WORC as the deputy director but was appointed as acting boss in the middle of the COVID lockdown in May 2020. Although […]
Labour minister pushes bosses to take on locals
(CNS): Employers will not find it as easy to get work permits approved as they did in the past, Labour Minister Chris Saunders said Thursday, revealing that applications for permits are being increasingly scrutinized. Saying that the PACT Government is committed to a ‘Cayman first’ policy and enforcing this part of the immigration law, the […]
CIG revokes PR from 41 bad debtors
(CNS): In a rare move, Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman (WORC) has revoked the permanent residence (PR) certificates of 41 people, as of 31 December, after they failed to pay their annual fees. The people in question were described as bad debtors and each of them had received numerous letters before their PR status was […]
All stipend recipients must register with WORC
(CNS): Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan has announced a mandatory requirement for everyone receiving the tourism stipend to register by 16 August on the government job portal, JobsCayman, operated by Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman (WORC). This is so that tourism workers can be matched to the jobs that will be rolled out over the coming […]
CI$5.1M PR fees owed by hundreds of people
(CNS): The government is owed more than CI$5.14 million in outstanding permanent residency fees by 640 people that was due over the last twelve months. Although government has no plans to write off any of this debt, Premier Alden McLaughlin has said that around $3 million will not be easy to collect because it is […]
WORC doing a better job, says premier
(CNS): Since November last year more than 1,183 local people were registered with government’s new job placement agency and around 330 people have found work since March. Premier Alden McLaughlin said that WORC has been very successful in placing Caymanians in jobs. “The new department is performing much, much better and achieving much, much greater […]
Key watchdog job in dispute
(CNS): Ombudsman Sandy Hermiston has said that her office is in discussions with Sharon Roulstone after confirming that the former WORC director has not returned to her job there. Roulstone was seconded to WORC weeks after she was appointed as deputy ombudsman, but since the two-year transfer ended this summer, Roulstone has not been allowed […]
Over-stayers warned to sort papers or leave
(CNS): The over-stayer amnesty put in place as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent those unable to leave from being prosecuted will come to an end on 31 October. Anyone who no longer has a valid work permit or any other official document allowing them to remain is urged to either address their […]
Local jobseekers ‘not suitable’
(CNS): Plans to vigorously enforce the part of the immigration law that call for ‘Caymanians first’ when filling job vacancies, using an improved online system, do not appear to be working for all jobseekers. CNS has received concerns from readers using WORC’s job portal who were told they are “not suitable” by employers, despite having […]
Over 3,500 permits processed during lockdown
(CNS): Since the government agency dealing with work permits and labour issues closed down in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and boards stopped meeting, administrators still reviewed 3,577 permits remotely. But Jeremy Scott, the managing director of WORC, said changes to the law have enhanced the tracking of local job applicants, giving them more […]
Scott takes over at WORC
(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 […]
