Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles Jr, addresses a recent productivity forum at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St Andrew. The event, hosted by the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC), marked the official launch of three tailored productivity toolkits designed to empower students, businesses, and government services to assess and improve productivity in a measurable and user-friendly way. (Photo: Dave Reid)

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles Jr says bridging Jamaica’s productivity gap is critical to safeguarding the nation’s future. Addressing the recent launch of three Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) toolkits at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St Andrew, Charles emphasised that “all of us have to choose efficiency. We have to choose to be productive; it is not going to happen just by accident.”