Ekhuluma kwethulwa ngokusemthethweni namuhla eMontego Bay Convention Centre, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, uMhlonishwa. Edmund Bartlett, uthe bekungokokuqala eJamaica njengoba “alikho elinye izwe emhlabeni elinohlelo oluphelele lwempesheni yabasebenzi bezokuvakasha.” Nakuba ezinye izinhlelo eziningi zempesheni zihlobene nezinkampani noma izinhlaka ezahlukene, Ezokuvakasha zaseJamaica I-Workers Pension Scheme ihlanganisa bonke abasebenzi, osomabhizinisi kanye nababambe iqhaza.
I-TWPS, osekuphele iminyaka eyi-14 isebenza, yethulwa ne-Guardian Life njengabaqondisi Besikhwama kanye ne-Sagicor Group Jamaica njengabaPhathi besiKhwama. Ngaphezu kwengxenye yemali yembewu eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-$1 ehlinzekwe nguHulumeni waseJamaica isivele isikhishiwe kulolu hlelo.
Elandisa ngomzwelo umsuka wohlelo lwempesheni, uNgqongqoshe uBartlett wakhumbula ukuthi eminyakeni ecishe ibe ngu-15 edlule esidlweni sasekuseni saminyaka yonke nezisebenzi zase-Norman Manley International Airport, ekuqaleni kwenkathi yezivakashi zasebusika, “sabona i-Red Cap porter eyayineminyaka engu-78. endala, isaphusha inqola enemithwalo kuyo. Ngathi, unesikhathi esingakanani wenza lokhu? Uthe iminyaka engu-45. Ngakho ngathi, kungani usenza lokhu ngemva kweminyaka engama-45? Futhi wathi, uma ngingakwenzi lokhu kule minyaka, ngeke ngikwazi ukuthenga imithi yami; okubi nakakhulu, ngingase ngingakwazi ukuthenga ukudla kwami.”
UNgqongqoshe uBartlett uthe ubona sengathi “kukhona okungahambi kahle ngalesi sithombe, njengoba kungekho muntu okufanele asebenze kunoma iyiphi imboni, nakuba imboni engiyiholayo, futhi kuyaphoqeleka ukuthi ineminyaka engu-78 iqhubeke nokuphusha imithwalo esindayo ngoba akukho okungakusiza. ”
Ngokusekelwa Unobhala Omkhulu Womnyango Wezokuvakasha, uNksz Jennifer Griffith, kwenziwa isinqumo.
“Kufanele senze okuthile ngakho; kumele sakhe uhlelo lwempesheni.”
Abahlanganyeli ohlelweni bavikelwe umthetho wezwe, neKhomishana Yezinsizakalo Zezezimali elawula uhlaka lokuqapha nokulawula ukuze kuvikelwe ukwephulwa nokuziphatha okungafanele. Futhi, umsebenzi wezokuvakasha kufanele afakwe eBhodini Labaphathiswa be-TWPS.
Ungqongqoshe uBartlett uthe isikhwama sempesheni singaba ngu-$1 trillion eminyakeni eyishumi. Ubalule ukuthi, "lokhu akukona nje ukushintsha umdlalo kodwa kuwuhlelo olukhulu lwezomnotho."
Ubuye wachaza ukuthi “isikhwama sempesheni esilingana nalokhu okungenzeka sizokwakha indikimba yemali ezoshintsha ikhono labantu abaningi, izikhungo eziningi zikwazi ukudala ingcebo.”
Ophinde wamukela futhi watusa lesi sikhwama njengomuntu oshintshile kwaba nguMongameli weJamaica Hotel and Tourist Association, uMnu. Clifton Reader; uMongameli weGuardian Life, uMnu. Eric Hosin; I-EVP & Isikhulu Esiyinhloko Sokutshalwa Kwezimali kwaSagicor Group, uMnu. Sean Newman; kanye noSihlalo Webhodi Labaphathiswa be-TWPS, uMnu. Ryan Parkes.
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LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Minister Bartlett said he felt that “something is wrong with this picture, as nobody is supposed to be working in any industry, albeit the industry that I am leading, and is compelled at 78 to continue to push heavy loads because there is no recourse.
- Emotionally recounting the genesis of the pension scheme, Minister Bartlett recalled that nearly 15 years ago at an annual breakfast with workers at the Norman Manley International Airport, at the start of a winter tourist season, “we saw a Red Cap porter who was 78 years old, still pushing the trolley with loads on it.
- He further explained that “a pension fund the size of what this is likely to be will create a body of capital that is going to change the ability of more people, more institutions to be able to create wealth.
