One month after announcing that a more expensive work permit fee structure would take effect May 15, Deputy Premier Dr. Kedrick Pickering announced that any changes will be delayed indefinitely.
“We have had representation from several of the major businesses to ask us to reconsider the timing,” he said in a Tuesday press release. “None of the businesses objected to the work permit increases, but two of their primary concerns were: one, the timing, because we are almost in the middle of the financial year. The second point that we have been asked to reconsider is the percentage of some of the increases.”
Dr. Pickering (R-D7), who also serves as the minister of natural resources and labour, said the delay would allow government officials to review the concerns raised by various companies.
His announcement comes after months of confusion regarding what government was actually planning to do with the fees.
SEE THE MAY 25, 2017 EDITION FOR FULL COVERAGE.
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