The government’s decision to increase the minimum wage from $6 to $8.50 per hour at the end of November is an important step in the right direction. But for too …
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July 29, 2024
July 11, 2024
Minimum wage to jump to $8.50
The minimum wage in the Virgin Islands will soon increase to $8.50 an hour, Deputy Premier Lorna Smith announced today. The new baseline salary will come into effect on Nov. …
February 22, 2024
Man dies after entering tank on a barge
A man died after entering a tank on a barge near Pockwood Pond and losing consciousness, police said Saturday morning. Two other males who entered the tank to rescue him …
July 21, 2021
Work permit system goes online
A new electronic work permit system has arrived just as the Covid-19 pandemic has led to more and more business being conducted remotely. Premier Andrew Fahie, during a virtual rollout …
July 16, 2021
Businesses fear labour shortage
Seeing the United States, including the neighbouring US Virgin Islands, experience a labour shortage as pandemic restrictions ease, businesses owners who spoke during a BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel …
April 26, 2021
Work permit exemptions revised
After a recent review, work permit exemptions will look different when the Department of Labour and Workforce Development resumes granting them, according to Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration Minster Vincent …
March 23, 2021
Layoff extensions nearly over
Time is nearly up for employers who have managed to avoid paying severance to their furloughed employees for nearly a year, Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration Minister Vincent Wheatley announced …
January 20, 2021
Report gives VI biz stimulus low marks
Out of 22 Caribbean countries and territories surveyed recently by the International Labour Organisation, the Virgin Islands offered the fewest types of Covid-19 stimulus to businesses — two out of …
December 9, 2019
Labour vies to close gap as UK election approaches
Voters will decide the outcome of the United Kingdom general election one week from today, and the Conservative Party is holding a modest lead in most polls amid debate from …
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January 17, 2019
Government pushes workplace health and safety
Employees at certain businesses in the territory will now have an opportunity to be certified as official “risk prevention officers” thanks to recent training offered by government’s new Occupational Health …
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August 27, 2018
High earners to get work permits faster, government says
Expatriates making more than $100,000 a year will soon be able to process their work permits much faster than lower-earning employees, according to Government Information Services. The “executive work permit …
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April 4, 2018
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