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Workplace policies are more successful than legislation when it comes to stopping sexual harassment, a union leader has said. Jason Hayward, president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, said employers must commit to zero tolerance of sexual harass...

Dear Sir, The recently tabled transportation amendment put forth by the always ambitious Senator Michael Fahy certainly has a number of concerns I would like to briefly discuss. First, having grown up on the island, I have experienced the recklessnes...

Rolfe Commissiong has suggested that the Employment Act needs to be amended so that employers are obliged to pay overtime rates to employees working in excess of 40 hours a week. During the motion to adjourn in the House of Assembly on Friday, he sai...

Junior home affairs minister Sylvan Richards detailed the 2016-17 Budget for the Department of Workforce Development, but left no time for debate. While 2½ hours were scheduled for the debate, Mr Richards used the entirety of the time allotted to del...

A petition is due to be launched today to make the holding of referendums mandatory when they have the support of at least ten per cent of the electorate. It calls for the Referendum Act 2012 to be amended to allow for a petition signed by at least t...

Senator Michael Fahy, the Home Affairs Minister, has explained why the implementation of a new work permit policy has been postponed. The final policy was expected to be rolled out on Monday after months of consultation with a host of stakeholders, ...

Employers are being given the opportunity to better understand their rights under the Employment Act, and also learn how to create better working environments and reduce labour complaints. Those are some of the goals of a series of outreach seminars ...

A revision of Bermuda’s work permit policies has been completed and it will increase the number of job categories off limits to non-Bermudians. Among other changes proposed are Special Category Work Permits and New Business Work Permits aimed at glob...

A revision of Bermuda’s work permits policy has been completed and it will increase the number of job categories off limits to non-Bermudians. Among other changes proposed are Special Category Work Permits and New Business Work Permits aimed at globa...

Government expects that public opinion will shift in favour of the term limits policy reversal as the economy rebounds. According to the policy review paper which informed Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy’s decision to eliminate term limits, the ec...

Bermuda Industrial Union President Chris Furbert is sticking to his claim that the union was not consulted over the elimination of term limits. Appearing as a guest on the Sherri Simmons Show, Mr Furbert acknowledged that the Home Affairs Ministry h...

More than half a dozen police officers attended the headquarters of the Home Affairs Ministry in response to a citizen’s request for Government’s policy document on abolition of term limits yesterday afternoon. But acting Home Affairs Minister Michae...