47 results returned for search: "" category "Labour" author Gareth Finighan
The Government has posted a consultation page on its website asking for ways to increase the number of people of working age in Bermuda
DATE: Feb 01, 2023
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Firefighters have paid tribute to the head of the fire service following news of his resignation.
Lloyd Burchall stepped down as Chief Fire Officer on Tuesday following months of unrest within the ranks of the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service.
Yesterd...
DATE: May 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Plans to recruit 11 new firefighters received a lukewarm response from the Fire Service Association.
Michael Weeks, the Minister for National Security, made the announcement on Thursday. Earlier in the week he said staff shortages within the service ...
DATE: Apr 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
P&O Ferries could be hauled before Bermuda’s courts for flouting island labour laws, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The company, which provides passenger ferry services out of Britain to France, Holland and Ireland, hit the headlines last month when i...
DATE: Apr 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
International business has become the island’s largest employer, according to the latest job statistics.
Civil Servants make up the second largest job category following an increase in employment in the sector in each of the past three years.
But job...
DATE: Oct 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bus drivers will take no further action in a long-running dispute with the Government over lost pay, a union leader confirmed yesterday.
Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, said the decision, made on Tuesday night, came desp...
DATE: Oct 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The bus dispute remained in deadlock last night after negotiations stalled.
The Government referred the dispute to arbitration on Monday in the hope that, with any further work stoppage ruled illegal, bus drivers would be forced back to work.
But Chr...
DATE: Sep 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A dispute that brought public bus services to a standstill for 11 days could continue today – even though the deadlock has been referred to a labour tribunal.
Jason Hayward, the labour minister, made the referral earlier yesterday – which made contin...
DATE: Sep 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Industrial action by unionised workers today in protest at new union decertification laws has been called off at the eleventh hour.
Chris Furbert, the Bermuda Industrial Union president, said that in the interests of reopening dialogue between the un...
DATE: Sep 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Telecommunications company Digicel is to make ten staff redundant.
A spokesman for the company said the cuts were being made to “optimise our cost base”.
He added: “We can confirm that in the coming weeks ten staff members will be made redundant out ...
DATE: Sep 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan