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A handful of elite construction firms are enjoying rich pickings while the rest face a scrap to survive, according to construction boss Alex DeCouto. He urged Government to take major risks to reignite the tourism industry before numerous smaller com...

Economy Minister Patrice Minors called for unemployed Bermudians to make the Department of Labour and Training their first stop in their search for a job. Responding to the report by this newspaper highlighting the concerns of three unemployed men sh...

Desperate to find work, three men erect sign by the side of a busy thoroughfare By Ceola Wilson So desperate to find steady work, an unemployed Bermudian erected a sign and posted it on the roadside near Ducking Stool on the North Shore, hoping to la...

Groups representing employers say urgent action is needed to encourage companies to ‘hire Bermuda’. Ways to stem outsourcing overseas could include payroll tax breaks for hiring Bermudians, relaxing work permit rules, fast-tracking retraining, and ad...

Paterson Contracting has got rid of another raft of workers. The number of staff at the Paget firm, based on Harbour Road, is understood to have dwindled to just six or seven, compared to about 34 at the end of 2010. Former employees, speaking to The...

Conyers Dill & Pearman has laid off half a dozen employees. The Royal Gazette understands those let go at the law firm included marketing and administrative staff. Sources said six people in marketing were laid off on Tuesday and Wednesday. A media c...

Bermuda would do well to follow the lead set by the Cayman Islands by lifting term limits to promote economic growth and put Bermudians back to work. So believes Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards, who accused Government of “turning a blind eye” to...

They came to Bermuda for the promise of opportunity and the prospect of earning enough to provide for their families back home, but never in their wildest dreams did four Jamaican guest workers think they would become embroiled in the convoluted and ...

Policy is killing jobs May 20, 2012 Dear Sir, In a column published in the Bermuda Sun on May 18, Government MP Walter Roban concluded that the term limits policy has not been a job killer for Bermudians. He is mistaken. I know because my company pro...

Leading insurers have urged Government to act to encourage companies to locate their senior executives on the Island after their Bermuda-based staff numbers fell for a fourth successive year. The Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers said a ...