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A Bill dealing with pension scheme payments was put on hold after a string of complaints from the One Bermuda Alliance at the House of Assembly. Wayne Furbert, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, agreed to “rise and report” on the National Pension S...

Legislation that will allow employees to take out a quarter of their private pensions as a lump sum on retirement was passed by MPs last Friday. The National Pension Scheme (Occupational Pensions) Amendment Act 2019 will now require non-Bermudian wor...

More than 730 employers or self-employed are behind with pension contributions at the end of 2017, the House of Assembly heard on Friday. But Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, said 106 “compliance meetings” had been held with people behind on p...

Some staff at a cleaning firm have not been paid for up to three months, an employee has claimed. The staff member said “hard-working and dedicated” staff at Just Cleaners Ltd had been hit by non-payment and late payment of wages. The worker, who ask...

Families affected by delays in payment of war veterans’ benefits will have their problems tackled “as a matter of urgency”, the Minister of Finance pledged last night. Curtis Dickinson said officials from the Department of Social Insurance would meet...

The creation of a minimum wage for Bermuda took a step closer on Monday as legislation to set up a group that will consider pay rates was passed by senators. A six-strong Wage Commission will recommend a minimum hourly wage and a living wage as part ...

Non-Bermudian workers will be required to enrol in pension schemes under new rules put in place by the Government. Finance minister Curtis Dickinson told the House of Assembly that the Government would adopt a string of recommendations put forward by...

MPs have approved setting up a commission to look at the creation of a minimum wage. Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, said that the purpose of a minimum wage was to “protect workers against unduly low pay”. She add...

A six-man Wage Commission will include two ex officio members from the ministries responsible for labour and finance. The news came as legislation to set up the commission was tabled on Friday in the House of Assembly. Its main functions under the Em...

Pension benefits for Bermuda’s war veterans are to be increased, the national security minister said yesterday. Wayne Caines told the House of Assembly that Bermuda had a “long history of military and war involvement”. But he added: “Unfortunately ...

The final town hall meeting to discuss a living wage will take place at the Somerset Cricket Club tomorrow. The Ministry of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport wants the views of the public on the creation of a Wage Commission and a living or minimu...

What follows is my opening commentary for the town hall meeting on Bermuda’s living/minimum wage at St George’s Cricket Club last week. The last few decades have been tough for labour. Shifting macroeconomic forces have tilted the playing field in th...