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Unemployment among people under the age of 25 plummeted in the second half of last year, figures revealed yesterday. The Labour Force Survey Report from the Department of Statistics showed the jobless rate for 16 to 24-year-olds fell from 18.4 per ce...

Staff walked off the job and blocked entry to the island’s biggest hardware store yesterday in a protest over cuts to their health insurance. Employees shut the gates at Gorham’s on St John’s Road, Pembroke, at 11.45am and told customers that the sto...

The Bermuda Public Services Union has become the sole bargaining body for three more organisations. Jason Hayward, the president of the BPSU, said the Bermuda Airport Authority, the Pension Commission and Teen Services/Teen Haven would now come under...

City businesses were reminded about how they can play a part to reduce the number of rodents on Hamilton streets. They were asked to keep bin lids closed and to clean bins regularly to prevent an “open invitation” to rats, that appeared to be plaguin...

A six-man Wage Commission will include two ex officio members from the ministries responsible for labour and finance. The news came as legislation to set up the commission was tabled on Friday in the House of Assembly. Its main functions under the Em...

Legislation to increase the mandatory retirement age for some civil servants has been tabled in the House of Assembly. The Public Service Superannuation Amendment Act 2019 would, if approved, change the compulsory retirement age from 65 to 68 for som...

Pension benefits for Bermuda’s war veterans are to be increased, the national security minister said yesterday. Wayne Caines told the House of Assembly that Bermuda had a “long history of military and war involvement”. But he added: “Unfortunately ...

Paid maternity leave could be extended by five weeks before the end of the year, the House of Assembly heard yesterday. Lovitta Foggo, the labour, community affairs and sports minister, told MPs that maternity leave would be increased from eight week...

The problems faced by LGBTQ people have to be tackled, a union leader has said. Jason Hayward, president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, admitted a change in approach was needed in his own organisation. Mr Hayward said that LGBTQ union members ...

The island’s white-collar union is to hold a forum for expatriate workers to discuss problems with racism and xenophobia. Jason Hayward, the president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, said: “In a recent survey conducted by one of Bermuda’s large...

Board and staff members of the Bermuda Community Foundation (BCF) have been fully certified after completing a series of international training modules. “We are dedicated to ensuring continual growth and development of the BCF team,” says Board Chair...

Staff at a building supply company downed tools yesterday in a row over workers’ contracts. About 20 employees from across the retail, transport and plant departments at SAL Trading were involved in the action and protested outside the firm’s Devonsh...