KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) in a statement on Tuesday clarified that recent statements made by its former president, O’Neil Grant, are not official statements on behalf of the organisation.

Citing media reports attributing statements on behalf of the association regarding the recovery of salary overpayments arising from a public sector compensation restructuring exercise and 2025 – 2028 wage negotiations, the JCSA said, “While Mr Grant has every right to express his personal views as a former trade unionist and industrial relations practitioner, he is not a member of the current Executive Committee, is not part of the JCSA’s negotiating team and is therefore not authorised to speak on behalf of the association.”

Instead, the organisation stated unequivocally that the only official spokesperson authorised to communicate the association’s positions on negotiations and matters of national industrial relations is its duly elected President Techa Clarke-Griffiths, or other individuals expressly authorised by the Executive Committee.