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Businesses held hostage for unemployed
AT A time when local business owners need all the encouragement they can get to expand and create jobs, Immigration has announced a clampdown on work permits with its minister admitting that the department is so behind the times in both staff and equipment that it is unable to meet the needs of the business community.
‘Game changing’ water park to create 100 jobs
A “game changing” beach and water park is set to create 75-100 permanent jobs in Freeport once constructed, the Grand Bahama Port Authority’s (GBPA) chairman yesterday saying the project would be “pretty mega”.
FNM says job creation claims ring hollow
REPORTS of widespread job creation rang “hollow” in the absence of initiatives to incentivise Bahamian ownership, according to Opposition members commenting on the government’s mid-year budget statement yesterday.
'Where did the 400 jobs go at the Bimini casino?'
DEPUTY FNM leader Loretta Butler-Turner is asking what happened to the 400 jobs promised by the government upon the opening of the Resorts World Bimini Casino.
Is your job stressing you out?
Occupational stress is stress on your job. This can take the form of excessive workloads, violence (harassment, intimidation, physical violence or threats etc), unco-operative colleagues, poor leadership or disorganisation at the management level, or simply not having adequate personal or down time.
Deputy PM 'unaware' of plans to cut 200 BEC jobs
DEPUTY Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said yesterday he was “unaware” of reported plans to let go an estimated 200 employees from the Bahamas Electricity Corporation after the government owned entity is taken over by new management.
Contractor slashes workforce by 90%
THE Bahamian construction industry was yesterday described as nearing a “critical point”, with one well-known contractor telling Tribune Business that his operation had cut staffing levels by 90 per cent or more than 100 persons.
Civil service skills woe used to back ‘PLP crony’ hires
A trade union leader has slammed assertions that just 1 per cent of the civil service is highly skilled, accusing the Government of using this to justify handing jobs to “PLP cronies”.
‘Only acceptable resolution is giving staff back their jobs’
TRADE Union Congress President Obie Ferguson said the only resolution he is willing to accept in the ongoing Sandals labour dispute is the reinstatement of all the former employees made redundant earlier this month.
Antoan Richardson secures job with LA Dodgers
NOT more than a day after he got his release from the Pittsburgh Pirates, professional baseball player Antoan Richardson has secured another job with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Handle downsizing with necessary care
In business, downsizing refers to reducing operating costs and making a company leaner. It is often is described as ‘trimming the fat’. This involves reducing the size of the workforce, closures and making the various units more productive and efficient. The aim of downsizing is to restructure a company in order to make it more competitive. It is a natural progression in terms of its development.
MP calls on GB Power Company to reconsider dismissal of 20 employees
GRAND Bahama MP Peter Turnquest is calling on the Grand Bahama Power Company to reconsider its decision in terminating some 20 workers at the company.
22,000 jobs - really?
JUST a few observations that I have recently made of the political scene in the Bahamas: The PLP is saying to anyone willing to listen that their administration created 22,000 jobs between 2002 and 2007.
SANDALS MANAGEMENT ACCUSED OF 'INTIMIDATING' ITS STAFF
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net UNION executives yesterday accused management at Sandals Royal Bahamian resort of 'intimidating' the staff. Bahamas Hotel Maintenance and Allied Workers Union (BHMAWU) President Lyn
SANDALS MANAGEMENT ACCUSED OF 'INTIMIDATING' ITS STAFF
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net UNION executives yesterday accused management at Sandals Royal Bahamian resort of 'intimidating' the staff. Bahamas Hotel Maintenance and Allied Workers Union (BHMAWU) President Lyn
SANDALS MANAGEMENT ACCUSED OF 'INTIMIDATING' ITS STAFF
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net UNION executives yesterday accused management at Sandals Royal Bahamian resort of 'intimidating' the staff. Bahamas Hotel Maintenance and Allied Workers Union (BHMAWU) President Lyn
Union claims Atlantis seeking to terminate staff missing work for medical reasons
A HOTEL union yesterday warned the Atlantis resort against allegedly seeking to terminate employees who have missed work for medical reasons, charging that it would “fight” the company “tooth and nail” to preserve the jobs of workers at the Paradise Island property.
IAN FERGUSON: Don't be a doormat for weak managers
Persons are promoted for their loyalty, connections or technical strength, rather than an ability to lead a team and process, far too often in this corporate environment. This usually results in unnecessary workplace friction and, sometimes, office m
Angry parent insists protesting teachers should be replaced
A DISGRUNTLED parent has called for the removal of all the teachers at CH Reeves Junior High School participating in ongoing protests.
PM: 20% hotel vacancy cut to hit jobless goal
The prime minister yesterday argued his six percent unemployment rate goal can be achieved by increasing average occupancy rates at existing Bahamian hotels by 20 percentage points. Dr Hubert Minnis, telling the House of Assembly that his ambitious