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The Board of the National Insurance Department submitted a report to the Ministry of Finance last week to be recognised as a statutory corporation.
Currently, the organisation which oversees Barbados’ social security scheme functions as a department within the Ministry, severely hampering its ability to make certain strategic decisions, says chairman of the National Insurance Scheme, Leslie Haynes, QC.
He was speaking on Wednesday evening during the latest COVID management update by Government which featured Minister of Labour Colin Jordan; Acting Director of NIS, Jennifer Hunte; and Chief Labour Officer, Claudette Hope-Greenidge.
They spoke on the topic
COVID-19: Your Workplace and You.
Scheme going after change in status
Article by March 4, 2021
The board of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is making moves to become a statutory body.
This was revealed by chairman of the NIS board, Queen’s Counsel Leslie Haynes, who said the board had already submitted its request to the Ministry of Finance and was awaiting a decision.
“The NIS board is a unique board. It is the only board of a department of Central Government, so that it is in a strange position that you have a board which sets policy yet the staff essentially reports directly to the Ministry of Finance. This COVID has made us realize that in order to better improve efficiencies at the NIS, the board resolved that we should transition to a statutory body,” Haynes said during a press conference tonight.
Brittany’s take on new COVID workplace
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By Geralyn Edward
As Barbados enters its fourth week of a national lockdown, designed to slow the alarming pace of COVID-19 infections on the island, a leading human resource professional, Brittany Brathwaite, says the pandemic has forever altered the workplace, and there may never be a return to the old way’ of working.
Brathwaite, president of the Barbados Human Resources Management Association of Barbados (HRMAB), has led the organisation representing over 200 human resource managers across every sector of economic activity, for the past two years. Her professional assessment is based on feedback from her colleagues and interaction with the island’s leading captains of industry.
Employers warned
Article by February 12, 2021
Local businesses are being cautioned against using strong-arm tactics to ensure that employees and/or prospective employees accept COVID-19 vaccines, as it could well be against the law.
Describing the subject as “extremely complex” Executive Director of the Barbados Employers’ Confederation (BEC) Sheena Mayers-Granville could offer no firm position on whether one’s vaccination status could legally be used as a prerequisite for a job.
President of the Barbados Private Sector Association Edward Clarke, however, warned that while workers should not be forced, refusal to be vaccinated could result in more social and economic stagnation for the foreseeable future.