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A crackdown on companies that have forced people to accept inferior working conditions because of the Covid-19 pandemic has been launched. Jason Hayward, the labour minister, said action was needed because workers were not regulated, registered or gi...

The Department of Immigration plans to phase out hard-copy paper certificates, letters and work permit documents as part of an effort to automate the island’s immigration system. A paperless immigration system is being developed, the labour minister ...

A new executive committee has been announced by the Bermuda Trade Union Congress. Kevin Grant, the general secretary, said that a biennial convention earlier this month included the election of officers to serve for the next term. Nishanthi Bailey, o...

Bans and restrictions on new work permits in certain categories have been extended to the end of July, the Government announced today. The Ministry of Labour said that debt collectors, telephone switchboard operators, pool and beach attendants, deckh...

Students have been invited to apply for this year’s summer employment programme, which was designed to help them gain career experience. The Department of Workforce Development scheme is open to people who are studying at college or university. Jason...

Workers took to the streets for two days of industrial action as a row about voting rights for union decertification escalated. The Bermuda Industrial Union warned that it had the power to bring down the Government if it failed to give in to its dema...

An Opposition senator has claimed that “too many” questions about jobs figures were left unanswered by the Government. Ben Smith highlighted that it was important to have information so that the success of policies could be measured. The One Bermuda...

A 15-strong group of new Bermudian apprentices was unveiled by power firm Belco today. The four year programme will offer a mix of hands-on training and classroom work with apprentices earning as they learn. A total of 14 men and one woman were selec...

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...

I read Khalid Wasi’s response to my op-ed entitled “Know your place” with interest and some bemusement. Typically, it contained once again his revisionist take on Bermuda’s mid to late 20th-century history for about the 500th time. Khalid, please le...

The International Labour Organisation defines social dialogue as “all types of negotiation, consultation or exchange of information between or among representatives of governments, employers and workers on issues of common interest relating to econom...

The $3.5 million overpaid in unemployment benefits over the Covid-19 crisis is being targeted for return, the labour minister has insisted. Jason Hayward said: “I know that the Ministry of Finance has a team working hard to recover those funds. “The ...