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Layoffs and pay cuts caused in the novel coronavirus pandemic have hit people on lower incomes hardest, a survey has found. A poll by Total Research Associates said that 26 per cent of working residents had been laid off. A total of 38 per cent told ...

The Premier complained last night that negotiations with unions and employers’ associations had got into the public domain. An angry David Burt lamented the release of sensitive negotiations with unions being shared with the public, as he revealed th...

“Frugal living means being conscious of your spending and focusing on a few financial priorities. A consumer who wants to live frugally should think about their main goals and how changing their finances can help them reach that goal.” — www.clevergi...

A relief plan to help keep struggling restaurant workers afloat was launched this week with the help of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce. Companies and members of the public were asked to contribute cash to Serving the Servers to buy grocery gift card...

Some workers laid off because of the coronavirus have yet to get unemployment benefits from an emergency programme that started in March, The Royal Gazette can reveal. Several out-of-work residents vented their frustration yesterday because they have...

An “unemployment pandemic” caused by the coronavirus outbreak will prove doubly traumatic for families already living from paycheque to paycheque, according to Sandy De Silva, director of services at the charity Family Centre. Dr De Silva said job lo...

A return to a large-scale “hustle economy” will be one of the after-effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and its devastation of the economy, an employers’ representative has warned. Keith Jensen, the president of the Bermuda Employers Council, said ther...

Not too long ago many older people were quite comfortable sitting back and letting someone else programme the VCR or set up their voicemail recording. The mere suggestion that they should learn to “Google”, or get an e-mail address or a mobile phone ...

People who have felt the pinch as a result of the Covid-19 shutdown can take up to $12,000 from their private pension funds after the legislation was fast-tracked in the House of Assembly yesterday. Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, said the Go...

“There is no greater challenge and there is no greater honour than to be in public service” — Condoleezza Rice, former US Secretary of State I often read online and social-media comments regarding the call for civil servants’ wages and salaries to ...

Pembroke residents who have hit hard times because of the Covid-19 pandemic have been offered some relief by the area’s parish council. A spokeswoman for Pembroke Parish Council said the body had set up a $6,000 pandemic relief fund to help seniors a...

About 200 hundred restaurant workers will be back on the job this weekend after takeout and delivery services were given the green light to restart. However, it was predicted that many restaurants will stay shut — with their future viability in the b...