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Police officers urged the Government to stop taking them for granted after an emergency meeting yesterday to discuss negotiations about conditions.
The Bermuda Police Association said its members were committed to providing a “first-class service” bu...
DATE: Aug 22, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Unresolved matters at the heart of a deadlock over police officers’ work conditions could be settled by conciliation, the Government said last night.
Wayne Furbert, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, explained that the public sector negotiating tea...
DATE: Aug 22, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Workers at a cleaning firm were urged to take any complaints to the Government’s Labour Relations section after it was claimed that some staff had not been paid for up to three months.
Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Spor...
DATE: Aug 22, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Police officers will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow to discuss an “impasse” in negotiations over conditions.
Sergeant Andrew Harewood, the Bermuda Police Association chairman, said last night that some critical issues remained unresolved in talks...
DATE: Aug 21, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Some staff at a cleaning firm have not been paid for up to three months, an employee has claimed.
The staff member said “hard-working and dedicated” staff at Just Cleaners Ltd had been hit by non-payment and late payment of wages.
The worker, who ask...
DATE: Aug 20, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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“Demoralised” police were considering their options last night after a further delay in negotiations with the Government on pay and conditions, their representative body said.
Sergeant Andrew Harewood, the chairman of the Bermuda Police Association, ...
DATE: Aug 07, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
British workers contracted for Belco’s North Power Station downed tools on Saturday after a delay in their paycheques.
Last night a spokesman for Belco’s parent company Ascendant Group said that the contractors’ payroll was delayed through their UK-b...
DATE: Aug 06, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
British Airways is to appeal against a High Court decision not to grant an injunction against strikes by pilots.
The airline said yesterday that it was “very disappointed” with the outcome and planned to keep working to avert industrial action, which...
DATE: Jul 24, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Unemployment among people under the age of 25 plummeted in the second half of last year, figures revealed yesterday.
The Labour Force Survey Report from the Department of Statistics showed the jobless rate for 16 to 24-year-olds fell from 18.4 per ce...
DATE: Jul 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Staff walked off the job and blocked entry to the island’s biggest hardware store yesterday in a protest over cuts to their health insurance.
Employees shut the gates at Gorham’s on St John’s Road, Pembroke, at 11.45am and told customers that the sto...
DATE: Jul 12, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell