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A woman owed more than $15,000 in redundancy payments has called for action after two years without receiving a penny. An Employment Tribunal found in 2020 that The Athletic Club had made Cassandra Simmons redundant in November 2019 when it moved her...

Prison officers are working in dangerous conditions as they work to manage a growing number of serious criminals, according to the chair of the Prison Officers Association. Timothy Seon, addressing a crowd in advance of the 2022 Labour Day march, sai...

The Government has proposed that the minimum wage should be set at between $16 and $16.40 per hour, which would make it one of the highest in the world. In addition, hospitality workers, whose income is a combination of wages and gratuities, are to ...

Union leaders said that a $15 million relief package would offer short-term relief, but called on the Government to deliver on “game changers” such as a livable wage. Armell Thomas, the Bermuda Public Services Union president, said in a statement tha...

The Financial Assistance Department has identified almost $500,000 in overpayments due to fraud and abuse, according to a Government report. The Department of Financial Assistance Annual Report 2020-21 – tabled in the House of Assembly yesterday – sa...

A group of financial assistance recipients have completed a pilot financial literacy programme launched by the Ministry of Economy and Labour. A spokesman said the first 13 participants completed the course on April 6 after attending presentations on...

A labour dispute in the island’s fire service believed to be over vehicle breakdowns and equipment shortages has been referred to a labour relations tribunal for resolution. According to a notice in the Official Gazette, Kim Wilson, the acting Minis...

Beefed-up labour legislation is in the pipeline to better protect workers’ rights, the Government has said. Jason Hayward, the labour minister, said that the Government would ask the Labour Advisory Council to look at several potential changes to lab...

A union leader has threatened the Premier with a major strike unless changes to decertification votes in workplaces are ditched. Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, wrote to David Burt that a “two day shutdown” had been appr...

Buses services remain sidelined this afternoon, despite hopes that a resolution to the three-day dispute had been found. An agreement, which was thrashed out last night following late night negotiations, was expected to be rubber stamped in a union v...