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Changes to labour legislation that caused a breach with a union benefited workers, the Government claimed yesterday. Jason Hayward, the labour minister and a former trade union leader, said changes to the way staff could vote on union decertification...

Business leaders yesterday condemned the threat of a strike over changes to votes on union decertification in workplaces. Nathan Kowalski, the president of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce, said it was “not the time to introduce increased friction in ...

A union’s threat of two-day strike this month was more to do with internal Progressive Labour Party politics than controversial changes to labour legislation, the Premier claimed yesterday. David Burt said in a letter to Chris Furbert, the president...

Government has produced a policy paper outlining changes to immigration law that will give long-term residents permanent residency rights. The 11-page document – Securing Permanency for Long-Term Residents – highlights the need “to create a fair, tra...

The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance has accused Government of back-pedalling on immigration reform for political gain. Jarion Richardson, the OBA shadow minister for Immigration, spoke out after Government on Monday announced that non-Bermudian long...

Long-term residents will be able to apply for permanent residency in Bermuda in a major overhaul of immigration regulations. Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, made the announcement at a press conference yesterday afternoon. Mr Hayward was flank...

A ban on new work permit applications in a slew of job categories has been extended for a further three months until the end of October. But seven professions have been moved from ‘closed’ to ‘restricted’, meaning that employers can submit work permi...

A union leader is calling for tougher penalties for “unscrupulous employers” who try to weaken union representation. Armell Thomas, the president of the the Bermuda Public Service Union, said membership in some bargaining units was under threat from ...

The Bermuda Industrial Union has yet to decide if it will take further industrial action over a long-running dispute with Government. Unionised staff began working to rule last Friday in protest at new decertification laws that give non-unionised sta...

“Every aspect” of the island’s public transport system will feel the pinch from a weeklong union restriction on working hours, the transport minister warned. Lawrence Scott said bus cancellations could reach as many as 100 routes a day and ferry rout...