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Garbage collectors have launched a work to rule and the industrial action will hit trash pick-up schedules, a Government spokesman warned today. The public works ministry spokesman said a meeting with staff in a bid to end the dispute was due to be h...

The latest Labour Force Survey will begin tomorrow with telephone and in-the-field interviews. A government spokeswoman said only selected homes would be required to participate in the survey, organised by the Department of Statistics, but the select...

An employment tribunal has ruled that a gas station owner was within his rights to fire a pump attendant after a prolonged legal battle about a $50 bill dropped by a customer. Earlston Bradshaw had claimed unfair dismissal from Raynor’s Service Stati...

A former employee at a cleaning firm that closed this month said that she and other employees were still owed back wages. The woman, who asked not to be named, said she and “more than 30” other former workers at Just Cleaners Ltd were still due mone...

The number of complaints about alleged immigration breaches since January has already surpassed the total for 2018. Compliance officers have received 128 reports so far in 2019, compared with 126 overall in the previous year. The total for 2017 was 1...

Housekeepers were reminded that their services leave lasting impressions on visitors and patients at a workshop for union members today. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works and Acting Minister of Tourism and Transport, welcom...

Wide-ranging union talks were held on Wednesday with David Burt, the Premier, along with several members of Cabinet. Discussions ranged from upcoming negotiations, employee training, the impact of innovative technologies, planned revisions to Bermuda...

Migrant workers have shared “horror stories” claiming abuse, xenophobia, unfair discrepancies in working contracts and having their travel documents seized, according to a union leader. Jason Hayward, the president of the Bermuda Public Services Unio...

A former head of the Bermuda Industrial Union was honoured at yesterday’s Labour Day celebrations. The BIU headquarters building on Union Square was renamed the Ottiwell A Simmons Building as a tribute to the ex-leader and MP. Chris Furbert, the pres...

Bermuda’s unions will celebrate Labour Day next Monday with speeches from labour leaders and government ministers. The event, to be held at 11.30am in Union Square, Hamilton, will include entertainment, fire truck displays, food and vendors. The Berm...