November 9, 2023
LABOUR AND PUBLIC SERVICE MINISTER PIA GLOVER-ROLLE.
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Minister: Skills gaps leave ‘hundreds of jobs’ unfilled
A Cabinet minister yesterday blamed skills mismatches in the Bahamian workforce for the Department of Labour’s inability to fill “hundreds of openings” within its database.
‘Country’s labour relations stable as long-standing issues being addressed’
LABOUR Minister Pia Glover-Rolle says the country’s labour relations are “stable” and that the government continues to address long-standing issues, even as key labour unions prepare to voice urgent concerns at a press conference today.
Labour minister urges modern safety reforms
LABOUR Minister Pia Glover-Rolle has spoken of the need for modernising health and safety rules. Speaking at the National Symposium on Occupational Safety yesterday, the minister said, in front of 100 participants including government, employers, trade unions, and NGOs: “There can be no decent work without comprehensive legal protections for worker health and safety. And while we have established foundational frameworks, we recognise the need for more sophisticated protective mechanisms.
Procedural bottlenecks, not neglect, blamed for delays to regularising Bahamian nurses
GOVERNMENT ministers have pushed back against criticism from the Bahamas Nurses Union (BNU), insisting the public service is actively addressing nurses’ concerns and attributing delays in regularisation to procedural bottlenecks, not neglect.
‘Pensioners oversee workers lacking skills’
LABOUR and Public Services Minister Pia Glover-Rolle said reappointing retirees to critical government positions speaks to “putting persons in positions of management and supervision to supervise others without the proper skills and training to do so”.
Pilot national apprenticeship programme for high-demand fields set for September launch
LABOUR and Public Services Minister Pia Glover-Rolle said a pilot National Apprenticeship Programme involving paid training and devel- opment opportunities in high-demand fields will be launched in September.
Pia Glover-Rolle says a ‘peacefull meeting’ will take place with Labour, the hotel union and Atlantis
TOP executives of the Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union (BHCAWU) and Atlantis Resort were scheduled to meet yesterday to try to resolve wage increase issues for employees who fall under the tipping category.
Glover-Rolle assures workers will not be disenfranchised by NIB rise
LABOUR and Public Services Minister Pia Glover-Rolle said her ministry would ensure workers are not disenfranchised when National Insurance Board contributions increase later this year.
Ingraham calls Glover-Rolle’s remark that FNM ‘did nothing for public servants’ an ‘outright lie’
A COMMENT from Public Services Minister Pia Glover-Rolle about the legacy of the Free National Movement drew a rebuke from former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham on Saturday.
Over 30 immigration officers receive promotions and reclassification letters
THIRTY-four immigration officers received their promotion and reclassification letters yesterday in an exercise officials said was long overdue.
Minister says minimum wage increase call ‘a little reckless’
LABOUR and Public Service Minister Pia Glover-Rolle said yesterday the government would not support another increase to the country’s minimum wage so soon after the last wage hike was introduced and believes calls from union leaders over the issue are “a little reckless”.
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