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The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is being accused of not furnishing several laid-off or severed employees of statutory corporations with their unemployment benefits.
The charge has come from general secretary of Unity Workers’ Union (UWU), Senator Caswell Franklyn, who said this was only causing more hardship to Barbadians during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Speaking during yesterday’s Down To Brass Tacks radio call-in programme on Starcom Network, he said under the National Insurance and Social Security (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2018, workers employed by any statutory board to which the Pensions Act CAP 25 applied, and any board specified in the schedule of the Statutory Board (Pension) Act CAP 384, were now entitled to receive unemployment or sickness benefits if they had been appointed.
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The Nation received a report that staff at the Gordon Cummins District Hospital staged a sickout this morning.
This is the second time for the year that this occurred at the Rock Hall, St Thomas health institution, following that at the end of March.
Head of the Unity Workers’ Union, Senator Caswell Franklyn, confirmed the action was taken by staff. He said the nurses and general workers at the healthcare facility have been experiencing issues with management for a while but the Ministry of Health was not addressing the matter.
Franklyn explained that the staff, who worked last night, were asked to work back-to back shifts because their work colleagues called in sick today. (SB)