Festival booth employers told to obtain work permit for expat workers
All employers operating on the Festival Grounds during the upcoming Virgin Islands (VI) Emancipation Festival are reminded that they are to apply for and obtain a work permit for any ‘non-Belonger/non-BVIslander’ they may wish to employ. Photo: VINO
Booths being constructed for VI Emancipation Festival to be held from July 27 to August 5, 2022. Photo: VINO
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- All employers operating on the Festival Grounds during the upcoming Virgin Islands (VI) Emancipation Festival are reminded that they are to apply for and obtain a work permit for any “non-Belonger/non-BVIslander” they may wish to employ.
This is according to a Bulletin published by the Department of Information and Public Relations on July 15, 2022.
Violation of Labour Code
“Employers are encouraged to submit applications within 5 to10 days in advance of commencement of work. Failure to do so will render persons in direct violation of section 171 of the 2010 Labour Code,” the bulletin stated.
For more information regarding Work Permit Applications, persons can contact the Department of Labour and Workforce Development by telephone at 468-4708 or 468-4780.
The VI Emancipation Festival will be held from July 27 to August 5, 2022, under the theme ‘Celebrating Freedom for Me and You, BVI Festival 2022’.
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61 Responses to “Festival booth employers told to obtain work permit for expat workers”
And you wanna know why the Uk here….imagine festival owing Popeye abet a $1million and still not hiring him yet don’t own Neville sheep $1…..
Das BULL SH**
If they have their regular work permits they pay for already, you charging them again for this little 2 weeks ? No freedom for we expats and the call it emancipation festivities.
Tortola is worst on expats than America on Blacks.
Go 2 **f home them. Yuh country do the same or worst to expats in your country.
You really seem to have a problem with everything we decide here in this territory . What is your problem? Tell us let us give you a month to make all of our decisions and , if they work let you be Premier. Would that satisfy you?
If your answer is no, get your backside out of here if it means I buying your one way ticket .
And by the way ,we need to let you know that you would also need a heallth card./food handlers permit.
The BVI Labour Code does not recognise that fact. One of its many failings.
I’ll just stick to my day job
Problem solved
You siento have festival some there years ant some things like this out.Where the tell is showander the premier every HAPPY to make dollar ..please this for Next year every body under presume. FREE THE PLACE AND LEAVE THIS KINDER THING NEXT YEAR. .....YOU MINISTER ARE PUTTING TO MUSC DIVISION US TORTOLIANS AND THE EXPATRATES...YOUINISTERS NEED TO STOP
NO WAY IN THE CARIBBEAN THIS HAPPEN ...NOT EVEN IN ST.THOMAS THIS HAPPEN
IIF WERE AN EXPATTRATE TO WORK FOR A.BOOTH.OWNER THAT BOOTH OWNER WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR PERMIT IF.THEY WANT MY HELP.
IS THE WAY THEY WAY T HEY TO SEE HOW MUSH PEOPLE HERE WITH OUT PERMIT. .THIS NONDENCE
IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER COME ON VACATION THESE SHOULD BE TOLD THEY NEED THEIR FOOD HANDLERS PERMIT IN ORDER TO WORK IN A BOOTH
THIS NO C O I RECOMENDATION AND NO THAT..THESE MINISTERS TO DAM WICKED...YOU MR.KNOW BETTER.I AS A BVI ISLANDER ANIT WORKING NO BOOTH UNLESS IT I THERE
THE BOOTH OWNER NEED TO CALL ON THE FESTIVAL COMMITY WITH THIS NOW DONT EVEN WAIT..
WE HAVE A BIG PROBLEM IN THE B. V.I WE AINT SPEAKING UP MINISTER AND ALL .IF THEY HAD SPEAK WE WONT BE IN THE MESS WE IN NOW
SO NOW WE HAVE A FREEDOM FESTIVAL IN 3 YEARS YOU GUYS BRING THIS TO THE TABLE WHO DOES THAT WE DONT NEED BRING THIS ..SEGREGRATION IN THE BETWEEN OUR FE.LLOW PEOLE.... SORRY I WAS BORN AND RAISE HERE AS A CHILD ISLAND LIVE WITH US AND HELP RAISE ME. WHILE YOU GUYS THINK YOU DOING GOOD YOU A REAL THIS.SERVICE
PLEASE STOP CREATING PROBLEM AMOUNG US AND EXPATTRATE STOP IT STOP IT YOU GUYS ARE NOT OUT HERE AMOUNST THEM ITS WE ON THE STREET.FEEL THE PAIN TALK BADLY ABOUT US
IF I HAVE AM AN EXPATTRATE WORK IN A BOOTH THE OWNER CANT PAY ME.. (WHY) HAVING A BOOTH IS A LOT OF WORK AND I AM TALKING WITH EXPRIENCE....THIS SERIOUS WHERE THE MINISTER OF UTILITY COMMUNICATION TAKT ON THIS ...TO SOME THIS MAY SEEMS.LIKE ÑOTHING.
HON .SHERENE FLAX CHALES...PLEASE PLEASE YOU ALL MINISTER THROW THIS THING AND LEAVE THIS THING FOR NEXT YEAR .. DONT PUT THIS KIND PRESSURE.... THESE BOOTH OWNERS DONTHAVE IT EASY THEY NOW TRYING CATCH SOME MONEY YOU APPLING MORE PRESSURE
/" WE DO WHATEVER WE WANT , BECAUSE WE ARE ENTITLED SO WE DON'T NEED PERMIT , BVI LUV
We not working let the locals HOG all the jobs see how much want work
A lot of all you new comers have no respect, no responsibility, no ethics you are just here because you see greener pastures in the people BVI.
Some of you need to go sit with some of your hometown citizens who have been here for years and lived with the people of this territory. They can teach you a thing or two and how to respect another man's country. You need wisdom and that will help you not to type all kind of foolishness on media for you are cutting off the hand that feed, clothe and shelter you.
Leave them people festival alone they not calling you to come you want to go. Entertain your self in your house since you know how to do it best.
People should understand the more you tickle the dog, it will bite you. All this nonsense about "go where you come from, if you don't want to abide by the rules " is rude and upsetting, it cause division and the rebut is the lack of support from the expatriate. Imagine the festival, happening and its just the locals celebrating or is it just the local should celebrate?
My friend tell me last night , his wife is not from here and he ain't going no where to upset no body. Because of the nonsense he is reading in the paper is upsetting him. money hard to come now and people has to really think where to spend the money after , gas , electricity and food, he has to look for money for school clothes less than one month later. life is hard, stay prayed up.