Man Charged With Working Without Work Permit
Appearing in Magistrates Court this morning [Mar 24], Owen Charles Morrison, pleaded not guilty to a charge of engaging in gainful employment in a garage in Wellbottom, Southampton on 18th March 2014.
Seeking to determine his legal status and answering to Senior Magistrate Archie Warner, the prosecutor told the Couet that the 58 year old was a Jamaican national who was allegedly in Bermuda on a visitor’s visa. Mr Morrison was given 31st March 2014 as his trial date and was granted bail of $2,000.
The charge was brought under a section of the Immigration Act.
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If convicted, Will the garage be fined or does that only apply to restaraunts and hotels that hire Portuguese, Philipino or Indian people..?
Did not know restaurants hire Portuguese. Where?
Persons caught working on a visitors pass should be deported immediately. Its no other place in the world you would be bailed. Send them cracking. I thought the Portuguese on did construction without work permits. They got smart and now work in doors. Good for them. The non working Bermudian do not want to do the work.
No the non working Bermudian is not gonna work for the pitons that employers want pay and non existing benefits, the downfall of Bermuda’s worldwide admired employment reputation.
pitons?
use the correct word please. pitons?????? That is the problem with USb Bermudians we are to high and holy to work for a pittance. WELCOME to the REAL WORLD cluzumbo
Mabimbo does it again
Well Dereamer at least you knew what I ment and it has nothing to do with high and mighty but Principle which is lacking in a world of Capital Greed.
Living in an expensive environment and getting paid meager wages is becoming the norm in a place where integrity went hand in hand with wages being comparable to cost of living but without going into detail of historical mindsets to avoid the accusation of drawing the race card this is nothing new.
Globalization is cheap labor and bigger profits.
So true !!!!
Pitons are what you hammer into the rock face whilst climbing.
PILONS are actually the objects you’re referring to. The previous poster meant PITTANCE – pit·tance
[ pítt'nss ]
1.very small sum of money: a very small amount of something, especially money
Pitons are volcanic plugs in St. Lucia.
I Totally AGREE, if guilty get him out of here.
If convicted, Make him pay for his own ticket… why should we!!
He’s not de only one so don’t try to stigmatize a certain group.
If guilty, The company who employed him should PAY
remember how Riddles Bay was let off the hook and the poor guest worker was deported for working outside his restrictions? Union Shop reported him but the employer got let off….WEAK
Yup. Riddells, in May 2012, was apparently let off.
But Grotto Bay, in 2013, was fined $8,000 for work permit violations.
An example of two different governments. The PLP did nothing about it, but under the OBA a large fine was imposed.
I guess the rain before December 17th 2012 was upsetting and inconvenient, designed to frustrate everything we as a perople were trying to achieve. However,since then every raindrop is another drop in peoples tanks, saving them the expense of buying water all thanks to the OBA. Get a life.
Very poetic, Hmmmmm… without really making any point at all. What Suzie’s post simply states is that under the previous administration employment violations went largely unpunished, and now they seemingly do not. What is your preference in this matter? Should the alleged illegal worker be allowed to continue working here or should they not? Yes or No? Or… should we all just do the smart thing and wait until the court delivers its findings before we comment?
How can you disagree? Suzie just stated some facts. I guess the truth is inconvenient for you.
hi joonja u dont see de picture de guees are like de bermudians gettin push 2 de side
if u want history of portuguese on this bonita island i can educate u sorry for de spellin
=)
we guee just bust our ases 2 support our family and will never judge black or white
Come on OBA, come to his rescue!! I thought Bermuda needed more people. Or was that just more rich people….
You are stupid
I see Bermuda employers still like to hire under the table than give a proper job to a legal Bermudian….
Cheap labor isn’t always cheap #FoodForThought
Which garage ?
It’s in Well Bottom. That must narrow it down…
If found guilty:
Take the $2k in bail, purchase him a ticket back home (get required visas for travel), hold him until all paperwork is in, put him on the plane, and put him on the Bermuda no entry list (does such a thing exists?).
Get the employer in court, name and shame, big fine to deter and show justice is being served, and no work-permits granted for a few years to employer.
Did the 28 of you ensure this happened in any previous cases like Grotto Bay?
De PLP let all dem foreigners in to take our jobs.
If that’s true that means theY’er not xenophobic, will you please make up your mind,
LMFAO
……And THEY are STILL taking them….and guess what??? PLP are no longer in power…..
I think the employer was probably just so desperate for reliable workers he was allegedly willing to break the law hoping he didn’t get caught. I get the sense from Bermudian small business owners that they have alot of trouble finding and keeping skilled, dependable employees among Bermudians.