LABOUR & IMMIGRATION

Government workers agree to reduction and pay freeze

Government workers have escaped a pay cut but agreed to a 4.6 per cent reduction in their overall packages, Premier Craig Cannonier said on Thursday.

Job hunters are willing to go to sea for work

Around 70 islanders turned up to the Bermuda College event to speak to Norwegian Cruise Lines bosses about employment prospects.

Ten Bermudians lose jobs as hospital site work finishes

A total of 22 staff at an engineering firm have been laid off — ten of them Bermudian — after their work on the new hospital building came to an end.

Dodwell on why Brit was hired to push golf

Tourism Board Chairman David Dodwell said the appointment of Briton Andrew Brooks to promote the island as a golfing destination makes "perfect sense".

Exclusive: Privatization for Postal Service?

Bermuda's postal services could be privatized to bring it back into the black, the island Postmaster General Wayne Smith has revealed.
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Jobs crunch

Bermuda could face a summer of discontent on the industrial relations front, ex-union chief Derrick Burgess warned.

Take a day off... unpaid

Government plans to cut a day off the working month to save cash are to be debated by the island's unions.

BPSU: SAGE Commission should finish review before commenting

BPSU: Mr. Brian Duperreault's depiction that "Staff who violate Public Service Regulations might face a mild slap on the wrist," is not correct.

Putting Bermudians to work as waiters

100 people took part in the Waiter/Server programme in 2012; 58 were still employed by the end of November. Is that enough? Find out more in Friday's Sun.

RG hits back: Some union claims 'illogical and absurd' (Update)

The Royal Gazette was not attempting to induce a hostile and divisive environment with the BPSU, acting editor Jeremy Deacon said on Tuesday.
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Make the right choices, urges head of SAGE Commission

Staff who enter the Civil Service with a zeal to make a difference are worn down by a system that thwarts progress, SAGE Chairman Brian Duperreault said on Tuesday.

Exclusive: Convicted upskirt pervert gets deported

Kubilay Fidan, a pervert who filmed up women's skirts in a supermarket, has been booted off the island.

Quarry strike to go to Labour Disputes Tribunal

Labour Minister Michael Fahy said the Government Quarry problem with the BIU workers has been sent to the Labour Disputes Tribunal.

Cruise ship employment programme launched

Minister Michael Fahy on Thursday announced that a new cruise ship employment programme has been launched with Norwegian Cruise Line.

Quarry workers down tools over suspended colleague

Most of Government quarry workers downed tools today after a colleague received a one week suspension of using a Government vehicle for personal use.
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The Bermuda Sun bids farewell...

JUL 30, 2014: It marked the end of an era as our printers and collators produced the very last edition of the Bermuda Sun.

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