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A 15-strong group of new Bermudian apprentices was unveiled by power firm Belco today. The four year programme will offer a mix of hands-on training and classroom work with apprentices earning as they learn. A total of 14 men and one woman were selec...

A dispute between firefighters and the service’s management has been referred to arbitration after the two sides failed to reach agreement. It is understood key factors in the stand-off included concerns about safety, equipment and working conditions...

Beefed-up labour legislation is in the pipeline to better protect workers’ rights, the Government has said. Jason Hayward, the labour minister, said that the Government would ask the Labour Advisory Council to look at several potential changes to lab...

An insurance company founder who took advantage of the work from Bermuda scheme said the move boosted her mental health as well as her business. Ashley Hunter, of US-based HM Risk Group, added that she “absolutely loved” her 12 months on the island t...

More than $23 million is thought to have been injected into the economy thanks to the work from Bermuda programme. Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, said that 638 people took up the scheme and 206 families still lived on the island as a result. ...

An accounting and auditing heavyweight is to lead the Government’s economic recovery plan, the finance minister revealed yesterday. Curtis Dickinson said financial services firm KPMG had been selected as the project manager for the plan, outlined in ...

International business has become the island’s largest employer, according to the latest job statistics. Civil Servants make up the second largest job category following an increase in employment in the sector in each of the past three years. But job...

More than 1,900 jobs were lost last year as the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged the economy, the Minister for the Cabinet Office revealed yesterday. Wayne Furbert said that total jobs filled declined by 1,951 jobs or 5.7 per cent from 34,378 jobs in 2019 t...

Bans and restrictions on new work permits in some categories have been extended by three months, the labour minister said yesterday. Jason Hayward said legal clerks had been added to the closed category list but residential and commercial cleaners h...

An official was yesterday suspended from the teachers’ union after he claimed the executive had violated its constitution. Leonard Santucci, who was the Bermuda Union of Teachers representative at the Berkeley Institute, was told in a letter from Ant...