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Hundreds of people forced out of work by the latest Covid-19 lockdown have waited weeks for unemployment benefits from the Government, The Royal Gazette can reveal. One source, who asked not to be named, wrote to David Burt, the Premier, after a mont...

Government has paid out more than $5 million in unemployment benefits in the last six months as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Curtis Dickinson the Minister of Finance, revealed the figure in a statement last night. It came in response to claims...

The Argus Group is partnering with the Employee Assistance Programme of Bermuda to sponsor a series of webinars aimed at providing mental and emotional support to individuals dealing with elevated stress levels during the Covid-19 pandemic. Looking f...

Much anticipated changes to employment law will be tabled on Friday in the House of Assembly as a lifeline to businesses left reeling by the Covid-19 pandemic. The reprieve on redundancy payouts was announced last night by Jason Hayward, in his first...

More than 2,500 people out of work because of Covid-19 should have received their first emergency benefits payments by yesterday. Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, said that the Accountant-General had paid out more t...

A webinar class is being held this month to assist businesses and finance professionals better understand employee benefits management that can be controlled. The corporate strategy course is entitled “How to avoid unnecessary expenses in employee be...

The legal obligations of employers to their employees will be the focus of a panel discussion hosted by the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce this morning. The panel, the result of a collaborative effort with the Bermuda Health Council, the Department of S...

The first pensions and benefits hike in five years, effective next month and covering some 12,300 seniors, has been approved by Parliament. “Looks like an election is coming,” responded David Burt, the Shadow Minister of Finance, who said the Progres...

The total amount of wages and salaries earned in Bermuda in the third quarter of 2015 rose 3.4 per cent from the same period the year before, government statistics show. More than four-fifths of the increase was attributable to one sector — internati...

Physicians are being asked for their ideas on changes to the benefits under the Standard Hospital Benefit, Bermuda’s basic health insurance package. Alterations to the SHB caught widespread public attention after the health ministry proposed switchin...

Dear Dave, What’s your advice on asking for a raise at work when you have more responsibility than a co-worker but the same title on paper? After being with my company four years, I feel like I should make more money and I have the right to complain ...