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The Department of Social Insurance has apologised to the island’s seniors after it was discovered that some were being short-changed on their pensions increase. The matter arose when a reader complained to The Royal Gazette that he and his partner ...

A working legacy that sustained generations of young men is in danger of vanishing, a prominent graduate of the Bermuda Technical Institute has warned. “I just wonder where I would be if there had been no Tech,” said Wilmouth Elmes, who left the inst...

Law firm Marshall Diel & Myers was yesterday crowned Bermuda’s top employer. The Hamilton company topped the rankings in The Bottom Line Top Ten Employers Awards. Adam Richards, appointed managing director of the firm this month, said: “We are very s...

Westgate Correctional Facility will be a safer place to work and reside following this week’s now-resolved dispute, the president of the Prison Officers Association has said. Timothy Seon added that the guards’ suspension of certain services had bee...

For some trade union leaders Labour Day was less an occasion to reflect on the past successes of the Bermuda workers’ movement than it was to draw new battle lines. With one trade unionist invoking the Biblical End of Days to describe the current st...

A resolution was reached last night between the Westgate prison officers and management, bringing to an end two days of industrial action. The dispute over staff shortages and security concerns resulted in the facility being secured early on Tuesday...

The Commissioner of Prisons Colonel Edward Lamb has said he is “hopeful” that an agreement to halt industrial action being taken by prison officers will be reached today. The dispute over staff shortages and other concerns resulted in the facility be...

Officers at Westgate Correctional Facility remained in dispute with management yesterday after hours of attempted negotiations. An atmosphere of defiance prevailed as officers stayed in the car park of the Dockyard prison, having downed tools over ...

Accusations of politically motivated obstruction over the Rev Nicholas Tweed’s work permit continued yesterday from Chris Furbert, president of the Bermuda Industrial Union. Mr Furbert confirmed he had been speaking of Mr Tweed on Labour Day, in whic...

The Women’s Legal Network is to host an information session on the art of salary negotiation. The presentation is being given by Sylvia Jones of Elevate Executive Selection, an executive search and recruitment company. Ms Jones will offer advice on t...

Home affairs minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has defended her right to access immigration files following allegations made by union leader Chris Furbert. During yesterday’s Labour Day speech, Bermuda Industrial Union president Mr Furbert claimed som...

Union leaders lamented the state of the island on Labour Day yesterday, accusing the Bermuda Government of misfiring policies and misspending money when the people are struggling. Hundreds of people gathered at Union Street ahead of the annual march,...