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101 of 200 positions filled @ PWD- SFC Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Public Works Department (PWD) is currently operating with just about fifty percent of employees, as 91 vacant positions exist.
Premier apologises for minimum wage debacle
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In his budget debate rebuttal to the Virgin Islands’ (VI) House of Assembly (HoA) on December 19, 2024, Premier and Minister for Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), issued a public apology to employers and employees impacted by the debacle resultant from delays in implementing a new minimum wage.
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Riteway staff trapped in store during TS Ernesto
PASEA ESTATE, Tortola, VI- Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) has been reliably informed that staff members of Riteway in Pasea Estate in Road Town, were stuck at the building during the passage of Tropical Storm Ernesto on Tuesday, August 13, 2024.
BVIPA employees to receive increments, 'one-off' ex gratia payment
PORT PURCELL, Tortola, VI- Employees of the BVI Ports Authority hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic will be given much financial relief early in the new year, 2022.
FLOW makes COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for employees
PALESTINA, Tortola, VI- With Over 70% if their workforce in the Virgin Islands fully vaccinated, C&W Communications, the parent company of BTC, C&W Business, C&W Networks and Flow, is mandating its workforce to be fully vaccinated as part of their policy condition for employment.
RTW rewards employees with one-time bonus
PASEA ESTATE, Tortola, VI- As supermarkets across the Territory continue to be flooded with shoppers in response to the threat of the Novel Coronavirus, store workers have been kept busy stocking, restocking and sanitising around the clock in order to make the shopping experience a smooth and safe one.
Over $800K to help affected employees of BEYC
NORTH SOUND, Virgin Gorda, VI– The Bitter End Yacht Club (BEYC) on Virgin Gorda (VG) raised over $800,000 to help over 100 affected employees and to lend support to the VG community with their recovery.
Employers are 'heartless & lack compassion' - Alvera Maduro-Caines
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Honourable Alvera Maduro-Caines, Representative of the Sixth Electoral District, has expressed her dissatisfaction on her Facebook page about employers not being lenient during such a difficult time.
NHI urges employers to pay employees' contributions
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands National Health Insurance System (NHI) is urging all businesspersons with employees to pay NHI contributions.
St Thomas, USVI Sugar Bay Resort employees not paid
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — An employee of the Sugar Bay Resort and Spa on St Thomas, US Virgin Islands, sent The Consortium a copy of what appears to be a letter from management, notifying workers that their pay would be delayed because of “unforeseen financial difficulties.”
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