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Long-term residents will be able to apply for permanent residency in Bermuda in a major overhaul of immigration regulations.
Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, made the announcement at a press conference yesterday afternoon.
Mr Hayward was flank...
DATE: Aug 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Members of the public should show trash collectors more respect, according to the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union.
Chris Furbert also said that those who have criticised collectors who downed tools recently should instead be concerned over...
DATE: Aug 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A ban on new work permit applications in a slew of job categories has been extended for a further three months until the end of October.
But seven professions have been moved from ‘closed’ to ‘restricted’, meaning that employers can submit work permi...
DATE: Jul 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Garbage collectors who downed tools last week over a lack of working trash trucks returned to work yesterday morning – but garbage collection will still be impacted for the rest of the week.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works said that alth...
DATE: Jul 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Industrial action taken over a lack of working trash trucks could see waste collection halted next week, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union warned.
Chris Furbert said yesterday that the Ministry of Public Works had agreed to supply waste c...
DATE: Jul 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Belco is to commemorate employees who lost their lives while working at the company in celebration of Safety and Health at Work Day tomorrow.
The employees who lost their lives in service to the company are as follows: James Trice Earl who died on Oc...
DATE: Jul 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Government benefit programme for Bermudians left unemployed by Covid-19 will continue to be offered until May 2022, the Government has announced.
Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, said a recent labour force survey had highlighted the impact of...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Workers at SAL have returned to work after management and the Bermuda Industrial Union reached an agreement to end a five-day work stoppage.
The union said staff would return to the job – although the outstanding issue of pay for the time the workers...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A labour dispute at a West End hardware and construction supplier is headed for mediation talks today.
It marks one week since more than a dozen staff at SAL Southampton walked off the job over what they claimed was the threatened dismissal of a gar...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A weeklong work dispute deadlock at a Southampton construction supplier SAL is said to be headed to the Labour Relations Department today.
Fifteen staff from SAL Southampton remained off the job all this week over what was said to be a threat to sack...
DATE: Jul 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell