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Bermuda could consider launching high-value public works projects to provide work for the long-term jobless, if the unemployment impact of the pandemic persists. That is the opinion of Stephen Beatty, the global chairman of infrastructure at KPMG, wh...

Hoteliers have welcomed the Government’s planned temporary redundancy payment reprieve, while a union leader described it as a “win-win”. However, concerns remain in the industry about the impact of potential severance payments later this year, given...

Much anticipated changes to employment law will be tabled on Friday in the House of Assembly as a lifeline to businesses left reeling by the Covid-19 pandemic. The reprieve on redundancy payouts was announced last night by Jason Hayward, in his first...

Employment law changes that could make the difference between bankruptcy and survival for some firms have been discussed by business leaders and the Government. Dennis Fagundo, the president of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce, said the legal requirem...

A relief plan to help keep struggling restaurant workers afloat was launched this week with the help of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce. Companies and members of the public were asked to contribute cash to Serving the Servers to buy grocery gift card...

Some workers laid off because of the coronavirus have yet to get unemployment benefits from an emergency programme that started in March, The Royal Gazette can reveal. Several out-of-work residents vented their frustration yesterday because they have...

An “unemployment pandemic” caused by the coronavirus outbreak will prove doubly traumatic for families already living from paycheque to paycheque, according to Sandy De Silva, director of services at the charity Family Centre. Dr De Silva said job lo...

A return to a large-scale “hustle economy” will be one of the after-effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and its devastation of the economy, an employers’ representative has warned. Keith Jensen, the president of the Bermuda Employers Council, said ther...

Pembroke residents who have hit hard times because of the Covid-19 pandemic have been offered some relief by the area’s parish council. A spokeswoman for Pembroke Parish Council said the body had set up a $6,000 pandemic relief fund to help seniors a...

Social services agencies have seen jobless clients struggle because of delays to the delivery of unemployment benefits. The Government’s benefits scheme was launched four weeks ago as Bermudians felt the pinch after mass layoffs in the wake of the co...

Job losses in the construction sector are certain unless a steady flow of contracts is maintained after the Covid-19 crisis ends, the industry body warned yesterday. Simon Tully and Will Irvine, of the Construction Association of Bermuda, said there ...

People unemployed because of Covid-19 could be helped by an emergency unemployment benefit scheme, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport said yesterday. Lovitta Foggo said that a task force had been set up to implement the programme. Sh...