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The long lines outside financial institutions that have become a familiar sight in recent times did not materialise for the most part of yesterday.
As a
NATION NEWS team traversed parts of the island ahead of the national pause which takes effect from tomorrow and runs until February 17, only pockets of people were observed outside most banks, and some credit unions.
During the pause, face-to-face services will be restricted, with only online and automatic teller machine (ATM) services expected to be available to the public between February 3 and 9. Government announced the two-week pause last week in an effort to combat coronavirus (COVID-19)
ERT rules against dismissed senior bank employee
Article by January 30, 2021
A former senior employee of a local commercial bank, who was caught at Grantley Adams International Airport with some $22,000 in United States foreign currency, has lost her claim for unfair dismissal from the financial institution.
The ruling was handed down today by the Employment Rights Tribunal (ERT) Chairman, retired High Court Justice Christopher Blackman in the unfair dismissal case brought by ex-sales supervisor Sonya Toppin against her former employer Republic Bank (Barbados) Limited.
Justice Blackman said the decision to throw out Toppin’s claim was based in part on her admission that she was about to fly to the United States with about US$20,000 in foreign currency for which she was not granted legal permission to carry, an act that constituted gross misconduct.