While revamping redundancy payments so heavily in favor of employees, the Union leaders and Minister of Labor should consider this.
As a private employer if I make an employee redundant or fire them, even for stealing, I am usually obliged,compliments of the Labor Board, to either give them the Golden Handshake, in a managers case 48 weeks pay, or consider reinstating them.
Why is there no protection in the labor laws for the employer and no penalties or rules for the employee? A manager can quit his employer in the middle of overseeing a large project giving no notice, leaving the employer hung out to dry without any penalties or compensation being awarded to the employer. This could result in the failure of the business venture and a serious financial loss to the employer.
This is currently is a one way street and a dead end for employers, so if the government intends to meddle with the current labor legislation them let any changes made reflect parity on both sides.

This is nothing more than pandering to the Unions like the PLP before them with the idiots Obie Ferguson and Dion Foulkes leading the charge.
Bringing back a washed up political has been like Dion Foulkes to head Labor doesn't exactly instill any confidence in the private sector either. Any private employer who has had dealings with the labor board or industrial tribunal in the past could tell you how one sided the process is now. Short term renewable employment contracts will become the way of the future and anyone not already employed and seeking tenure in a job will be s@#t out of luck.
Very short sighted of the government and something that will surely come back to bite them on the ass.

Straight up Socrates, most non- Bahamians and a whole lot of Bahamians are are seriously contemplating their exit strategies.

Completely irrelevant to this discussion of course, but those pictures on the front page of the Punch yesterday were hysterical, LMAO.

Absolutely spot on, a complete and utter waste of taxpayers money, add all that to flying Fweddy's globe trotting I would imagine it would compile a very tidy sum.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs needs going over with a combine harvester.

Da Punch done named da tenant as one Pat Mortimer, claims da past PM intervened/interfered on her behalf wid NAD.

For the PLP to become relevant anytime soon they not only need to hold a convention for new leadership, but to consign all of the old guard to the political garbage can.
This would include incumbents Brave Davis, Glennis Hanna-Martin & Picewell Forbes which leaves only Chester Cooper as a no baggage standard bearer and perhaps not a bad place for them to start.
As for the rest, much new blood is required as most of those rejected in the recent election lack any kind of credibility.
The PLP would also have to carry out a complete overhaul of the party apparatus and get rid of the stalwart dinosaurs like Roberts, Isaacs, Galanis and George Smith just to name a few.
Don't see any of that happening soon so the will remain irrelevant for the time being.

ROTFL, Banker I think that went right ova brudda J head...............

Banker, the recent comment you made about Birdie could equally apply to John.
"No matter how smart you are you can never convince a stupid person that they're stupid."

John, all rapists regardless of race or color, are subhuman scumbags including the American white boy prominently featured in this mornings papers. No one except you is taking this as an attack on black Bahamian males, this is strictly an indictment of Bahamian jet-ski operators many of whom fit the bill of subhuman scumbags.