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Public relations experts are to spearhead a charm offensive designed to boost the image of the Department of Workforce Development. Businesses have been asked to submit tenders for a campaign designed to generate a better image of the department. Tar...

Bermuda’s labour force has shrunk over the past two years, while the unemployment rate has dropped and pay packets have swollen. These were some of the findings of the 2018 Labour Force Survey, published by the Department of Statistics yesterday. The...

Over the past few weeks, there has been a constant stream of public questions and critiques made of the Government. There are those who tend to ask well-founded and valid questions that deserve open and transparent answers. Then there are those who s...

Measures, including putting work permits on hold, could be brought to bear against employers who manipulate worker contracts to dodge basic employee benefits. Walton Brown, the Minister of Home Affairs, said yesterday that he aimed to safeguard worke...

Three people have been made redundant after Bermuda Motors announced it is closing its Kymco bikes division. The company, which has been selling and servicing Kymco for more than ten years, said the employees were informed of the news yesterday. It s...

Life skills including advice for parenting and employment will be part of a new programme for women. Single mothers ill-equipped to enter the job market are among those expected to benefit from a series of workshops and support to help boost their em...

I want to thank my counterpart in the Progressive Labour Party for giving me an opportunity to highlight some of the achievements the One Bermuda Alliance was able to accomplish during its tenure. In a statement, Owen Darrell, in an effort to bring a...

The Employee Assistance Programme, under the guidance of new executive director Latisha Lister-Burgess, is increasingly a resource for managers as well as staff. Ms Lister-Burgess said the EAP, more than 30 years old, retains the same fundamental mis...

A top Bermudian insurance executive was backed by hundreds of people after he delivered a speech that highlighted white privilege in business, a conference heard yesterday. Jonathan Reiss said no one that contacted him after his admission that skin c...

A business leader has called for international companies to confront the issue of a lack of diversity in their senior ranks and to combat the unconscious bias that allows it to continue. Patrick Tannock, chairman of the Association of Bermuda Interna...

The home affairs ministry stepped into a row last night about three redundancies at power firm Ascendant. The move came after three Bermudian marketing staff lost their jobs last week at Ascendant, parent company of Belco, and their roles were outsou...

The number of Bermudians in the workforce increased for the first time in 11 years in 2017. The Government’s Department of Statistics said that, based on last year’s Employment Survey, the number of people employed in Bermuda rose by 178 from 33,481 ...