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Labour Office: AC leaks, worn carpets, musty smell, too small spaces!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Labour Department, a government-run organisation which falls under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour usually comes under much public scrutiny. However, the working conditions for the staff are not always the best.
Labour Minister: A work permit is not automatic!
SETTLEMENT, Anegada, VI – One of the misguided notions of many is that when they apply for work permits they will automatically be issued one, announced Minister for Natural Resources and Labour Dr. Kedrick Pickering at the last leg of Labour meetings that concluded on Anegada on Monday, March 5, 2012.
GIS: Interim measures in place for drivers with work permits
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Minister for Communications and Works Hon. Mark Vanterpool is announcing that that his ministry has implemented measures to facilitate the driver’s license renewal process for persons on a work permit.
Work permits one of Labour Dept’s biggest headaches - Dr. Pickering
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – While work permits might be one source of income for the Virgin Islands, Minister for Natural Resources and Labour Dr. Kedrick Pickering admitted it is one of his biggest headaches, since it could spiral the Territory’s population out of control.
Residents want Labour Dept. system to weed out illegal workers
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The suggestion of having a database set up to aggressively police individuals on work permits with the view to get rid of illegal workers was given by at least two residents to Hon. Kedrick Pickering, the Minister for Natural Resources and Labour at a labour meeting held in Carrot Bay recently.
Gov't “uncomfortable” with driver’s license policy for permit/contract workers
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The policy, which states that drivers' licenses for work permit and contract workers must have an expiration date that coincides with the expiration date of their work permits and contract documents and that it could only be renewed when their permits/contract documents have been renewed, is to be reviewed as Government is not comfortable with it.
Issuance of new work permits never stopped says official
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Despite concerns by some applicants that the issuance of new work permits had come to a grind by the Labour Department, an official in the Ministry for Natural Resources and Labour, has assured this news agency that the process has not stopped.
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