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A dental hygienist who won a judgment for unfair dismissal against her former employer spoke yesterday about her relief at clearing her name. Catherine Araujo will receive compensation of $53,015 from the dental clinic where she worked for more than ...

A scheme to allow non-Bermudians to become long-term residents if they invested a minimum of $2.5 million has continued to pay dividends, the economy and labour minister said yesterday. Jason Hayward said that the total investments that supported Eco...

“It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act.” — Lhamo Thondup, 14th Dalai Lama The Progressive Labour Party believes in easing the burden of our people in practical, impactful ways through legislation and policy. This approach is refl...

The leader of the island’s blue collar union has accused the ruling Progressive Labour Party of an attack on its core support. Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, hit out yesterday as he demanded stricter enforcement of work...

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...

Workers have complained they are being taken advantage of through “precarious" contracts which labelled them as independent contractors, the labour minister said yesterday. Jason Hayward added people were worried that some businesses had used the eco...

The number of complaints against employers that have failed to make health insurance payments for staff has risen because of the coronavirus pandemic, it has been claimed. The Bermuda Health Council said there had been a 20 per cent increase in the n...

A union leader has threatened the Premier with a major strike unless changes to decertification votes in workplaces are ditched. Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, wrote to David Burt that a “two day shutdown” had been appr...

Members of an independent tribunal established to hear disputes between unions and employers have been selected. Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, selected 28 members to serve on the Employment and Labour Relations Tribunal for the next three ye...

Government yesterday defended its decision to sideline proposals for a minimum wage for at least a year. The Government-appointed Wages Commission delivered its recommendations on minimum wage levels last month. But Jason Hayward, the labour minister...

The Ministry of Labour is to hold a virtual forum on Facebook Live to discuss the issue of bullying and sexual harassment in the workplace. Topics at the forum, to be held next Thursday at 6pm, will include what employers are doing to address bullyin...

A controversial new law to let non-unionised staff vote on whether a workplace should retain union representation is scheduled to come into force next month. But trade unions are still at loggerheads with Government over the change, which was approve...