Late payments dog Govt's recruitment drive; workers complain it's CEPEP work
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March 8, 2026
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For the past two weeks, Guardian Media Investigations Desk has examined the Government’s recruitment drive—through EmployTT—and its tangible impact on the state of the country’s unemployment.
At the time of its launch, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced the initiative would provide more than 20,000 job opportunities across T&T.
In October 2025, Labour Minister Leroy Baptiste told the Senate that the initiative would deliver “real jobs, real dignity —not make-work programmes. Not dependency traps.”
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