The BVI Beacon New unemployment numbers released In the latest update on how the pandemic has affected unemployment in the Virgin Islands, government said more than 14 percent of employees at businesses reporting to the Department of … About 40 percent of Anegada’s workforce became unemployed during the pandemic, Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration Minister Vincent Wheatley said on April 20 in the House of Assembly. (Screenshot: YOUTUBE) In the latest update on how the pandemic has affected unemployment in the Virgin Islands, government said more than 14 percent of employees at businesses reporting to the Department of Labour and Workforce Development had been terminated.