$350 a week? Get the #(#@ out of here...might as well shut the country down cause all the businesses will be closed.

Maybe 250 the max ................... but the economy cannot take too much right now. The private sector will rebel............... but what % of the labour force is earning less than 250 anyway?????? 10-15%????????

Comrades I agree the economy couldn't possibly pay workers a livable $8:75 an hour wages, cuz that would leave less for Carnival 2015, to pay Janet Jackson, or her kind, a most ridiculous performers fee of 1.5 million dollars?

Well you know what they say... reach for the stars and you may hit the clouds.

Sadly. Comrade Jackbnimblem, for the minimum wage earners - the only time they get see stars are in the darkness of the night, after BEC locks out their lights meters, for non-payment they bills.
First, one law partner granted foreigners the right to block-off the natives access to our beaches . And now, the second law partner is allowing Carnival 2015, to price entertainment admissions out of the affordable reach the natives. .Now, you get a better understanding, why we need to change the how and who we elect to represent the people. Represent the people, what a damn sham of a joke.

The minimum wage should reflect productivity levels.There are some people who should be making $120 per week.

..others who deserve $300 per week.

Oh my Dear Comrade 'Red shirt" Deddie, why not throw in, that some people, not that i know who are those "some people," ...... are too damn '"lazy?..
But still ,I'm impressed by your generosity to be willing to pay big ass, grown man's and woman's, a whopping $3 for a whole 60 lazy minutes of adulterated laziness.

He can't be serious.You think people can't find jobs now.

Has John Pinder ever ran a business in his life? Or has he ever had serious conversation with anyone who is in business? A minimum wage of $350 a week will paralise this country to the max. Imagine janitresses, filing clerks and messengers and filing clerks earning this salary. Then imagine the food stores the fast food restaurants gas stations and other retail stores trying to pay entry level employees this amount. John Pinder is way out of touch. Minimum wage should be around $175.00 per week. And don't tell me about the single mother with three children: she has options make the daddy's pay child support (2) improve her own learning skills (3) do not have three kids while you still earning minimum wage!

an old, tradidional chinese greeting was :

have you eaten today?

Why are you guys letting these companies come into your country and paying you slave labor 350 a wk is only 8.75 an hour that's less than the kids make in McDonald's in America less than the tourist pay for there drinks you guys should not be working for no less than 450 a week that's 11.25 a hour come president fight for your people you know how much these hotels make a annually days of slave labor is over, what are they going to do take hotel and go back to America you guys hold the trump cards play them.

Island transport is a paid lackey

I don't mind paying 450 for 'SKILLED' labour...sadly most of our job applicants can't even read or write to fill out a job application properly, so am I going to pay that person 350-450? Hell no!!

How many Bahamians does IslandTransplant employ and does he/she pay them 11.25 per hour?
Conversely, how much does IslandTransplant earn from his/her Bahamian employer?
The grass must be greener in the the Bahamas or you wouldn't be transplanted and would still be working for McDonald's back home.

This is one of the reason why Bahamians can not get ahead in life because you so small minded and petty if you think think that your not worth it then why should I think you are, if you don't stand for something you will fall for anything at the end of the day if you did not pay attention in school who's problem is that.

BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH .................... Live in the real Bahamas not the one of the top 5% Bahamians (black/white or other). The ordinary Bahamian lives week to week, with little savings, uses PMH and public schools, rents and has a used car ............. NOT A CHARMED LIFE.

A lot more Bahamians"get ahead" than you think,in fact I can think of many who could probably buy and sell you many times over, and not all of us not so wealthy settle for a paltry 8.75 or 11.25per hour. You are conveniently overlooking the fact that we have the same problems here that you have in inner city Detroit or Chicago, only your government uses tax payer money to pay them a princely sum to stay home and make more welfare dependents. Whatever country you live and work in you get paid what you're worth, you can't make a silk purse from a sows ear, a rose by any other name is still a rose and you shouldn't have to pay for a rose when you're getting a weed.

Themessanger I hope that you are not a business owner if your are good for you, but if I still lived in nassau I would not patronise yout business, you are one of those people that I was speaking about not paying atention in School your grammer is lacking you sound pretty dumb, I was speaking about the Hotels not bahamian owne business, if you were paying atention like you should have like in class we would not be have this conversation and do not talk about the tax system if you don't understand how it works because if you were a tax payer you would most likley be able to read properly it pays for the school system and a lot more things in the country, if you live long enough to retire then you wil be eligible for social security, like if you are unemployed and worked for 49 months before you lost your job you can collect unemployment for the next six months so don't speak on things you know nothing about, so pick a book and read maybe it will help, you are never to old to learn sharing is caring. Reading is Fundamental