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The Covid-19 pandemic has really taken its toll on Bermuda’s youth unemployment. If you look at the 2018 workforce development survey, you will find that the unemployment rate for persons under 25 rose to 18 per cent of that population. This is trip...

Laid-off workers who have been receiving unemployment benefits since March 24 are expected to receive their final pay this week. The scheme was initially planned for 12 weeks but was extended to 16. The Government has not yet said if there will be a ...

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life” — Unknown If there is one thing that my journey has shown me time and again, it’s that if you are not advancing, you are receding because nothing in life is static. As some...

Bermuda is to grasp the chance to attract remote workers to the island with the launch of a special one-year residential certificate. The Government has also laid out a welcome mat for non-Bermudian students who, owing to the Covid-19 pandemic closin...

Following up on our article of last week, relative to the Bermuda Government Contributory Pension Fund, we share additional feedback from readers and others. A reader asked: “If I don’t qualify for Government social insurance, I understand that my co...

MPs approved amendments removing the requirement of people to be retired in order to apply for pension refunds. The National Pension Scheme (Occupational Pensions) Amendment No 2 was passed with no objection. The amendments allow members and former ...

An effort to boost the number of Bermudians employed in the hotel industry is to be launched, the labour minister said yesterday. Jason Hayward wants to increase Bermudian representation in the sector by 6.5 per cent to 80 per cent. He also hopes to ...

This week as I pivot between online development meetings with new business partners in the United States, Britain, Canada and Singapore, I am excited to give you a glimpse into some of the ways that my colleagues and I are expanding a number of our p...

A policy that would allow international remote workers to base themselves in Bermuda temporarily is being considered by the Government. Barbados has signalled its intention to offer a one-year stay to those working digitally for employers in differen...

Most laid-off expatriate workers will see their unemployment benefit payments end because of the resumption of commercial flights. The Government has been providing up to $500 a week to all residents who have found themselves out of work, or with the...

A recent post on the Facebook page, Maj’s List, stirred up some healthy conversation and launched me into some thoughts I’ve had particularly in the past decade surrounding entry-level employment opportunities, or lack thereof, in Bermuda. Here’s th...

A meeting with hotel employees and employers to discuss the future of industry in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis is to be held, the labour minister announced. Jason Hayward said the meeting would be the first for the national tripartite social dialo...