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Unemployed for more than a year, for a second time, a 52-year-old Warwick woman has called on Government to pinpoint how many Bermudians are currently unemployed. The former bank executive, who asked not to be named, was made redundant in 2009. Two y...

With 226 formerly unemployed Bermudians being hired in the second quarter of the year, Government is claiming a policy success story. The policy which would give employers a two-year payroll tax holiday for new Bermudian hires became effective on Apr...

Another 2,400 jobs will be lost by the end of this year, according to research firm Profile of Bermuda. Only two sectors — electricity, gas and water, and education, health and social work — are predicted to show any job growth. Profiles of Bermuda,...

Over 2,000 Bermudians are registered at the Department of Workforce Development (DWD), a figure that fluctuates on a regular basis, but not all of the individuals on the database are unemployed. “Some are underemployed and seeking more significant e...

I took a quick look at The Royal Gazette’s website this week and other online sources and counted some 50 jobs advertised. Granted some of them might be work permit renewals but if qualified people don’t apply, they will always need work permits. But...

Bermuda’s unemployment rate has almost doubled in the past three years, new figures show. At the end of 2012 the rate was eight percent, compared to 4.5 percent in 2009. The effect of the Island’s economic contraction, currently entering into a fift...

A record-breaking drop in the number of available jobs in the last year has cast doubt on Bermuda’s ability to emerge quickly from four years of recession. And the Bermuda Employers’ Council has suggested that the latest “dismal” statistics illustrat...