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Details on the implementation of a minimum wage for the island are to be made public this week, capping years of discussion.
Setting a minimum wage should boost jobs for Bermudians and improve pay across the board, according to Jason Hayward, the lab...
DATE: May 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Figures are not yet available to show job categories taken up by unemployed Bermudians after a moratorium on work permits on more than 40 types of jobs was extended to the end of July.
Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, said the ban, imposed in N...
DATE: May 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
One of the Bermuda’s biggest unions has appealed to the public to support healthcare changes, the implementation of unemployment insurance and a living wage.
Armell Thomas, the Bermuda Public Services Union president, speaking on the eve of tomorro...
DATE: Apr 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A ban on work permits in more than 40 job categories was yesterday extended for another three months.
Jason Hayward, the labour minister, said the moratorium, imposed in November and scheduled to finish at the end of this month, will now run to the e...
DATE: Apr 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s unions will mark the 40th anniversary of the 1981 general strike next month as the fight for a living wage continues.
Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, told the Hamilton Rotary Club that the strike happened as ho...
DATE: Apr 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Business Development Agency said it is in discussions with several people about the recently launched Economic Investment Certificate initiative.
The programme, which opened on March 1, allows foreign nationals to reside in Bermuda fo...
DATE: Apr 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The process for Bermudians to get status for their children born overseas will be made easier under a new policy announced by the labour minister today.
Jason Hayward told MPs this morning that Bermudian parents living abroad will no longer have to ...
DATE: Mar 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Two veterans of the civil service who died this month were yesterday honoured by the Bermuda Public Services Union.
Joseph Christopher, 77, was a former Commissioner of Education and education historian, and Kenneth Richardson, a former Cabinet Secre...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell