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Equality,” wrote Balzac, “may be a right, but no power on Earth can convert it into a fact.” Just ask any schoolchild who has watched some classmates breeze four grades ahead in the maths curriculum as others struggle to complete their daily assignme...

“Men lie, women lie, numbers don’t Ain’t nothin’ changed for, me ‘cept the year it is I think I have to send you a reminder, here it is” — Jay Z There are many in Bermuda and indeed worldwide who attempt to say that there is no disparity between the...

Just as Britain raises its minimum wage and as Bernie Sanders’s demands for a 50 per cent increase in minimum pay keep winning him votes in the United States, some politicians in one of the world’s most socialist countries, Sweden, are in favour of g...

Dear Sir, I read with interest your article on the presentation made by Jason Hayward as regards income inequality in Bermuda. I agree with Mr Hayward that education and training are vital in matching the skill set of the Bermuda workforce with the s...

Jeremy Cox, the chief executive officer of the Bermuda Monetary Authority, was paid $500,000 last year, with a possible bonus of up to 30 per cent extra. Mr Cox, who has stewarded the BMA for the past five years, has signed on for a second five-year ...

March 19, 2015 Dear Sir, At some jobs where one person was originally allowed 4 hours overtime pay, there’s suddenly no overtime at all. Fair enough except that those jobs, still require somebody to come in for at least two hours, even if a 2nd p...

Women continue to earn less than men, while seniors are the group most reliant on financial assistance. These were two of the findings highlighted in an analytical brief released yesterday by the Department of Statistics, based on data from the 2010 ...

The Progressive Labour Party has boasted of a “dramatic increase in incomes” since they came to power. But the Opposition hit back, dismissing the statement as “spin”. The PLP highlighted income data from a Labour Force Survey issued last week. “In 2...