Non nationals staying in VI between jobs are disrespectful, says resident
This is according to one resident at a Labour meeting held last evening February 27, 2012, who is fed up with how individuals use the weak system as a pawn in elevating themselves without any consequences.
“Does a non-national have the right to find another job as if being a resident and not follow the rules, and the question is do we have rules….it appears to me that we don’t have rules. A person can just get up from his or her job, and if they don’t like the job and they go seek another one…..just slide across the floor. I don’t think when you are a non-national you have that right in any country and that should not happen in the VI,” the resident said.
He added, “People could do what they want. The only people that can’t do what they want is a guy like me who is born here. I am the only man who can get muscled by my Minister who told me to do the right thing and when to do it. And everybody else can’t follow the principle. A lot of us suffer because some of these folks, unfortunately are very disrespectful, and we are helping them to be more disrespectful because we don’t have a clear cut policy or principle. Let’s be real it’s a real scenario, a real situation. It ain’t right,” he charged.
Prior to this, Minister for Natural Resources and Labour, Dr. Kedrick Pickering at the meeting had stated that his Ministry was examining the new Labour Code and pointed to the fact that under the International Labour Organization (ILO) code there were certain guidelines that had to be followed. One being that no employee must be subject to inhumane conditions.
"There are certain conditions under which an employee may be able to leave your employment without a penalty...We were advised that we couldn't have a law that enslaves the people. The issue is, if there are circumstances where a person was deemed to have been inhumanely treated and was given a right to leave that employment, immigration gives them time to stay in the country to seek additional employment,” he explained.
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