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March 13th, 2021
‘Remain sympathetic & honest in your dealings’- Hon Wheatley tells businesses

DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – While calling for business owners to pay up severance to employees laid off as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister for Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration, Hon Vincent O. Wheatley (R9) also urged businesses to be honest with their dealings.

July 15th, 2020
'Laid-off' expatriates can stay in VI up to 6 months- Hon Wheatley

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Minister for Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration, Hon Vincent O. Wheatley (R9) said only terminated expatriate workers are being asked to leave the Territory at this time; however, those who are laid-off will fall in an entirely different category, subject to different labour policies.

June 17th, 2015
Gov't to help laid off Biras Creek Resort employees find work

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After Virgin Islands News Online broke the news on June 16, 2015 that Biras Creek Resort had laid off all its employees and shutting down operations, Premier Dr The Hon D. Orlando Smith released a statement to the media in which he said he knew of the impending closure only last Friday June 13, 2015.

November 7th, 2012
Local Trust company lays off 15 workers!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Former laid off employees of the local Trust Company TMF have told Virgin Islands News Online that some 15 of them were laid off from their jobs from July of this year up to November 2, 2012.

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