Panellists will discuss introducing a living wage for Bermuda at a public meeting on Thursday.

Income inequality and the impact of low-cost foreign labour will also be on the agenda when the Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on the Living Wage meets at St Paul’s Centennial Church Hall in Hamilton.

Former Attorney-General Phil Perinchief, Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert and Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda president Lynne Winfield have been invited to speak, while guest presenters will be Bermuda College lecturer Craig Simmons and Pernal Grant.

A press release from the group stated: “There will be an extensive examination of the unparalleled growth of income inequality in Bermuda, the impact of the over two-decade-long reliance on low-cost foreign labour and the various employment practices facing Bermudians in the workplace and the impact that is having on households.”

The committee, chaired by Progressive Labour Party MP Rolfe Commissiong, will ultimately produce findings and recommendations for Parliament during the upcoming session.

Other committee members are independent MPs Shawn Crockwell and Mark Pettingill, PLP senator Kim Wilkerson, PLP MP Lawrence Scott, One Bermuda Alliance senator Vic Ball and OBA MP Leah Scott.

The meeting starts at 8pm. Written submissions may also be forwarded for the attention of Mr Commissiong at blackstar@northrock.bm and krscott@gov.bm.

• UPDATE: this article was amended after organisers announced Coalition for the Protection of Children chairwoman Sheelagh Cooper had been replaced on the panel by Lynne Winfield, president of Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda