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Edmund Bushell abandoned his job in December 2014 and was not dismissed by the Barbados Light & Power.
That was the ruling of the Employment Rights Tribunal (ERT) in a decision delivered by chair of the panel Emmerson Graham QC. Member Edward Bushell and Graham agreed on that position while third member of the panel, Beverley Beckles, had a dissenting opinion.
Edmund, an electrical technician who worked with the company from 2000 to 2014, was represented by attorney John Collymore. Michael Koeiman appeared for the BL&P.
Edmund was selected as a Barbados Workers’ Union delegate between 2012 and 2014 when the company was negotiating the Collective Bargaining Agreement. (AC)
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June 12, 2021
The Employment Rights Tribunal (ERT) on Friday dismissed a former employee’s 12-year-long contractual dispute with her firm because the dispute happened before the ERT’s creation.
Arletta Onita Oxley complained to the Labour Department back in 2016 that BCQS International, a professional property and development consultancy had not honoured her February 9, 2009 contract of employment, the tribunal heard.
When the Chief Labour Officer referred the dispute to the ERT in 2016, it was three years after the tribunal came into force.
But ERT chair, retired Appeals Court Justice Christopher Blackman, said the tribunal had no jurisdiction to consider a dispute which predates the creation of the body.
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Former workers at Silver Point Hotel in Silver Sands, Christ Church, are asking for their severance payments. (FILE) Social Share
Some former workers of Silver Point Hotel are still awaiting severance payments after being let go last October.
The women reached out to the Sunday Sun after repeated efforts to get their money failed.
Stacia Daniel said they were given their documents and told the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) would pay them out but when they checked back at NIS they were informed that nothing had been sent.
Daniel said they were told NIS couldn’t force anyone to sign the relevant documents for them to be paid and she feared that going to the Employment Rights Tribunal would take years for the matter to be resolved. (RA)