are missing out on jobs.

That is the view of Shadow Immigration and Labour Minister Mr. Alex Scott who is concerned by recent advertisements which he believes do not follow the relevant codes.

Mr. Scott has attacked Immigration and Labour Minister the Hon. J. Irving Pearman, who said the Government immigration board would have looked into the matters to which he refers.

Mr. Scott said: "It makes little sense to make rules if you do not intend to follow them.

"Yet key aspects of the Government's immigration policy, which ostensibly is designed to protect and safeguard the interests of Bermudians in the workplace, are not being enforced by the Immigration and Labour Minister.

"The Immigration Ministry continues to fail to apply its own stated policies, despite the vehement denials to the contrary.

"In particular the Minister seems to have abandoned one of the key advertising criteria set out in his Ministry's policy manual referring to residence and employment in Bermuda.'' Mr. Scott claims advertisements are appearing regularly without the Bermuda Standard Classification of Occupation Code.

He said: "This goes against the advertising policy established by the Ministry as a method of determining whether there are any Bermudians available for the jobs being advertised.'' According to the Shadow Minister the Ministry's policy statement is very clear, stating: "Each advertisement must include: the name of the employer; the title of the job being filled and its code; a grace period of a least five working days before applying for a work permit, to allow sufficient time for Bermudians to apply.'' Mr. Scott said: "While Mr. Pearman would have us believe that he has launched initiatives to support Bermudians in the workplace, we need look no further than the employment statistics of Bermudians in the beauty business to find evidence to the contrary.'' In 1983 the PLP found Bermudians outnumbered non-Bermudians by 118 to 83. Ten years later non-Bermudians outnumber Bermudians, he said.

To emphasise his point, Mr. Scott quoted an advertisement which he said would not have run as it was published in The Royal Gazette , if it had conformed to Ministry policy.

The beauty clinic advertisement called for "A fully qualified beautician with 25 years experience in mole removal, red vein treatment, electrolysis, facial hairs, nails, massages, tattoos, etc.'' "Even if Mr. Pearman were to implement a training scheme for young Bermudians, as he vaguely promised in a recent statement, it would be impossible for the young Bermudians he might hope to train and the many who are already skilled cosmetologists to have the required experience.'' He added that the PLP was seeking advertisement rules to be more strictly enforced, so they would set out real job requirements and not mislead and deter Bermudian applicants.

But the Minister said he had no power to decide what advertisements appeared in the newspaper, no matter how ridiculous.

Mr. Pearman said the advertisement sounded inappropriate and just because it appeared in the newspaper did not necessarily mean it had been passed by his Ministry.