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A former Progressive Labour Party MP has gone on the offensive against the governing party over the lack of headway on a living wage for Bermuda. Rolfe Commissiong, who pushed for a joint select committee on a living wage before the House of Assembly...

Pandemic-battered restaurants are now contending with a staffing shortage that has forced some establishments to reduce capacity to allow employees a break. Philip Barnett, the president of the Island Restaurant Group, likened the continuing challeng...

Bermuda “cannot afford to have our young persons continue to leave the island and not coming back home”, the labour minister said last night in a review of the island’s national youth unemployment strategy. Repatriation fell under the nine goals of t...

The Government will this evening hold a town hall meeting to discuss its National Youth Employment Strategy. Jason Hayward, the economy and labour minister, will attend the event and will be joined by Malika Cartwright, the director of the Department...

Younger Bermudians have been encouraged to show up for a public meeting tonight on the Government’s youth employment strategy. Jason Hayward, the economy and labour minister, will attend the community engagement event from 6pm to 7.30pm. The forum wi...

A labour stalwart who marked 51 years of full-time service was celebrated by MPs today for her dedication to workers’ rights. Helena “Molly” Burgess, the general secretary of the Bermuda Industrial Union, was described as a “true trade unionist” when...

An emergency summit needs to be held in the next 30 days to get a grip on the cost of living, the leader of Bermuda’s biggest trade union has insisted. Chris Furbert, head of the Bermuda Industrial Union, said the Government and all stakeholders shou...

A public clash over trade union decertification that sparked threats of industrial action last year “should have been handled better”, the Government and the Bermuda Industrial Unions have agreed. David Burt, the Premier, said yesterday the two sides...

Bermuda’s restaurants urgently require young new staff as a shortage of servers confronts an industry battered by Covid-19 and anxious to welcome back customers. Karl Massam, head of the restaurants division for the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce, ackno...

The Bermuda Job Board website has gone down, the Department of Workforce Development has warned. Technicians are working to restore the site and will let the public know when it is up and running again. The Department of Workforce Development apologi...