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The Island’s employment market shrunk by more than five percent with a net loss of almost 2,000 jobs last year — the biggest drop in jobs in a single year since figures were first collated 35 years ago. And the 2012 Employment Survey also highlights ...

Immigration authorities need to “name and shame” lawbreaking employers, Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert last night told a workers’ meeting. Mr Furbert and BIU head organiser George Scott met with about 30 construction workers to air ...

The sole woman in a group of four Bermudians who leave on Friday for the UK to be trained as qualified butchers said her journey marks an end to a long struggle with unemployment. Tomeeka Talbot of Warwick, is a 38-year-old single mother who, despite...

The first phase of revised work permit policies, with a series of changes to work permit fees, come into effect today according to the Ministry of Home Affairs. Legislation modifying the cost of fees was passed in the House of Assembly last month, ap...

Both sides were claiming victory following last week’s Supreme Court ruling on a labour dispute between fast-food franchise KFC Bermuda and the Bermuda Industrial Union, but the final outcome may be that no-one wins. News that the row will be oversee...

Six young Bermudians are set to leave the Island today for training, with $200,000 of support from the Ministry of Home Affairs. Jabari Hollis, Tyree Armstrong, Tyron Oswald, Stefan Lambert, Davin Clarke-Riley and Summer McGlynn will be travelling to...

Unionised workers at a fast-food restaurant have won their right to take a dispute over pay and conditions to an independent tribunal. But, last night, both sides in the stand-off were claiming victory after Chief Justice Ian Kawaley ruled that any ...