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Human societies undergo shifts from time to time; for the better or the worse. The sources of those shifts are never fully understood — shrouded in some mystery. In the spring of 1981, during a dispute that mushroomed into a general strike, there...

More than 800 applications have come in for workers from overseas looking for one-year residency in Bermuda, the labour minister has revealed. Jason Hayward said more than 700 of them had been approved, which would substantially bolster the 400 now r...

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...

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...

Bermuda’s workers have been praised for carrying out their duties in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. Jason Hayward, the minister of labour, issued a statement today – the International Day of Workers – applauding workers for their diligence and ef...

Human societies undergo shifts from time to time; for the better or the worse. The sources of those shifts are never fully understood — shrouded in some mystery. In the spring of 1981, during a dispute that mushroomed into a general strike, there...

On May 1, the world celebrates International Workers' Day. We mark this day with a commitment to continuing to stand in solidarity with Bermuda’s workers. In just one month, on June 1, the reforms we passed to the Employment Act take effect. This inc...

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...

Human societies undergo shifts from time to time; for the better or the worse. The sources of those shifts are never fully understood — shrouded in some mystery. In the spring of 1981, during a dispute that mushroomed into a general strike, there...

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...

“If this was the OBA government that was making these kinds of inconsistent decisions and practising double standards that discriminated against Bermudians, it would have sparked an island-wide outcry” — Chris Furbert, April 2021 I am going t...

"So I had a heart attack…" begins the viral LinkedIn post from Jonathan Frostick, an IT lead at HSBC. It was just another Sunday. Trip to the park; late lunch; sitting down at about 4pm to prepare for the working week ahead. Suddenly he knew somethin...