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The Minister of Economy and Labour insists that any manipulation of salaries connected to the bringing-in the baseline payment would face repercussions.

The Labour Minister used May Day to announce the creation of a labour department and the start of the minimum wage

Jason Hayward told MPs that the exact number of employers who have employees that fall underneath the minimum wage was unknown.

The meeting also included discussions on environmental protection, health insurance and digital literacy

Kevin Maybury caricatures the standoff between the Government and international business over payroll tax

Amendments to lay the groundwork for a $16.40 minimum wage in Bermuda are set to be debated at the next sitting of the House of Assembly. Jason Hayward, the Minister of Economy and Labour, tabled the Employment (Minimum Wage Entitlement) Bill 2022 on...

Business leaders have given a lukewarm response to the Government’s plans to implement a minimum wage next year. Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, said last week that a minimum wage of between $16 and $16.40 per hour would come into effect next ...

The Government has proposed that the minimum wage should be set at between $16 and $16.40 per hour, which would make it one of the highest in the world. In addition, hospitality workers, whose income is a combination of wages and gratuities, are to ...

The Government’s position paper on the minimum wage makes it clear that the debate on minimum wages has moved from whether Bermuda should have a “wage floor“ at all to “how much” it should be and “when” will it be implemented. The position paper ans...

The Leader of the Opposition challenged the Premier’s assertion that pension increases being introduced by the Government for seniors fully covered inflation. Cole Simons said he believed that inflation in Bermuda was 8 to 10 per cent and that the 2....

Bermuda “cannot afford to have our young persons continue to leave the island and not coming back home”, the labour minister said last night in a review of the island’s national youth unemployment strategy. Repatriation fell under the nine goals of t...

Beyond all the economic data and statistics there is a moral question at the heart of any discussion around a minimum wage. Do we as a society accept that there are people in Bermuda who work full time for wages that trap them in poverty and, if so, ...