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Police officers claimed yesterday that the Government had “repeatedly moved the goalposts” in its cost-cutting negotiations with their representative body. Inspector Emmerson Carrington, the chairman of the Bermuda Police Association, defended the se...

The Premier felt “profound disappointment” when unions for two uniformed services rejected a government cost-cutting package in the wake of the financial crisis cause by the Covid-19 pandemic. David Burt said yesterday that other steps to make saving...

Laid-off workers who have been receiving unemployment benefits since March 24 are expected to receive their final pay this week. The scheme was initially planned for 12 weeks but was extended to 16. The Government has not yet said if there will be a ...

An effort to boost the number of Bermudians employed in the hotel industry is to be launched, the labour minister said yesterday. Jason Hayward wants to increase Bermudian representation in the sector by 6.5 per cent to 80 per cent. He also hopes to ...

Most laid-off expatriate workers will see their unemployment benefit payments end because of the resumption of commercial flights. The Government has been providing up to $500 a week to all residents who have found themselves out of work, or with the...

About 4,500 people who were on emergency unemployment benefits have returned to work, the Minister of Finance said last night. Curtis Dickinson said that the scheme has put about $43 million in the hands of 10,100 unemployed people since it started, ...

Members of the island’s white-collar union are believed to have voted to accept a 10 per cent pay cut and suspension of pension contributions to ease pressure on the public purse caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. A message from the Bermuda Public Serv...

Buses will be off the road today between 11.30am and 3.30pm for a union meeting, the Department of Public Transportation has warned. A DPT spokesman said the service interruption was to allow unions to discuss with the division its negotiations with ...

Teachers voted yesterday to take a 10 per cent salary cut for a year as part of the fightback from the economic havoc caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The Bermuda Union of Teachers and associated staff unanimously backed the move at a special gen...

The Bermuda Employers’ Council has backed the new labour minister’s plans to include employers and workers in discussions to kick-start the economy. Keith Jensen, the president of the BEC, said: “This is the foundation of the tripartite system for co...