The Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour is informing 2015 applicants that Work Permit Exemptions (on the basis of residency in the Territory for 20 years or more) are ready to be collected from the Ministry located in the East Wing of the Central Administration Complex.
New work permit application fees for minimum wage earners are being calculated based on the new minimum wage of $6.00 per hour effective October 1, 2016.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour is reminding persons, especially the business community, that effective October 1 the Territory’s minimum wage will be raised from $4.00 to $6.00 per hour.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour is reminding persons, especially the business community, that on October 1 the Territory’s minimum wage will be raised from $4.00 to $6.00 per hour.
In October of 2015, Cabinet reviewed and accepted the Minimum Wage Advisory Committee Report on the proposed new minimum wage; this report was subsequently tabled at the House of Assembly on 2nd November, 2015. The Attorney General was thereafter requested to draft the legal documentation to formally bring this minimum wage into force which will take effect on 1st October, 2016.
Deputy Premier and Minister for Natural Resources and Labour, Dr. the Honourable Kedrick Pickering, will give an update on the status of the Territory's minimum wage .........
One hundred and twelve employees from the Little Dix Bay Resort have received employment following the closure of the facility for renovations on May 1.
