People’s Campaign October Public Evaluation
The People’s Campaign have released their Public Evaluation for the month of October, which seeks to assess the Government and the Opposition through public evaluations.
Commenting on pre-certification, the report said, “Whilst the People’s Campaign recognizes the need to cut health costs, we are not convinced that pre-certification will reduce costs and are concerned that it will lead to unnecessary bureaucratic delays in the delivery of healthcare.
“The People’s Campaign encourages the Government to engage with key stakeholders within our medical industry to ensure that decisions are made in the best interest of the Bermudian people.”
Speaking on the plans for Club Med, the People’s Campaign said, “Minister of Tourism Development & Transport Shawn Crockwell announced that the Government has extended the exclusivity period by 60 days with the developer selected for the former Club Med property.
“The People’s Campaign notes that Bermuda Tourism Authority board member, Allison Reid, is also the Senior Vice President of Starwood Hotels & Resorts. Starwood is cur-rently in negotiations with Desarrollos, the potential Club Med developer, to operate the property. We implore the Government to ensure that good governance practices are being followed.”
Commenting on the proposed new Work Permit Policy, the report said, “While the People’s Campaign recognizes the need to attract new companies to our shores, we have the following concerns:
- 1. Without requiring companies to advertise jobs,qualified Bermudians are hindered from employment opportunities.
- 2. While a company can only have 20% of its staff employed via BEVs, there are no restrictions on the number of standard work permits that they can also be issued.
- 3. BEVs, NBWPs and GWPs can be renewed resulting inqualified Bermudians legally being denied access to these jobs for up to 14 years.
- 4. This new policy has the potential of limiting Bermudians to entry level positions, as posts immediately above could be filled by persons holding BEVs or NBWPs, thus obstructing the line of advancement.
- 5. If a company downsizes and has more than 20% of its staff holding a BEV, a company will not to have to forfeit BEVs
- 6. The policy does not define entry level positions which potentially could lead to abuses of the system.
- 7. There are very few closed or restricted job categories that would apply to exempt companies.
- 8. Emphasis must be on both the enforcement and implementation of immigration policies that ensure the employment of qualified Bermudians
The full People’s Campaign Public Evaluation for the month of October follows below [PDF here]:
Thank God, they’ve finally published the latest report. Only last night, I awoke in a state of panic and worry, wondering what the People’s Campaign thought about October in Bermuda. “Oh, People’s Campaign, why have you forsaken me!?”, I cried, “I need your guidance. Oh, how will I live with all this worry and uncertainty?” Thank God, I need worry no longer.
The one assumption people fail to discredit is that suddenly people from an overseas operation would all up sticks and move to Bermuda.
Any new operation here will be hiring Bermudians.
How many Bermudian families would just up sticks and move to Switzerland or Dubai????? Very few did.
The Peoples Campaign ? Where were you during 1998-2012 ???? Sounds an awful lot like a small group trying to sound smart but really just trying to protect their backsides…
I too will not sleep well and will waiting with bated breath for the November Report…how will we survive the next few weeks.
I’ll start it off then. I’m an OBA voter (at least in the last election) but the immigration policy must go foreigners in large group and or in majority senor positions thus controlling the culture of the company is not good for Bermuda or Bermudians period. All they do is give opportunities to themselves and other foreigners (seniority gets thrown out the window every time) while the Bermudians has to beg to get a chance to shine with the same qualifications or better than these guys coming in. Here is an example I know of one company that move back office jobs to another country hired new people in the new operation and now seem to be bringing the job back but with a trained employee attached to it so Bermudians are being trained out of the job. This happens far too much. I can’t even say it’s cheaper to do this but that’s what’s being done.
LOL it’s time to change our attitudes it should be Bermudians for Bermudians. PS I’m not against foreigners but I’m not blind to what’s going on here.
LOL(“Original TM”)If you / anyone feel to themselves they’ve been / are overlooked then there are Govt. Authorities to look into your allegations.
I would be interested in knowing if the PC finds any potential benefits in the new work permit policy. Even if their interpretation of its impact and related concerns are correct (and i dont believe they are, by by and larde) most policies come with give and take. Would they agree?
Have they anything positive to say about anything that has been done, or is their mandate to merely list their “concerns”?
Another big fat yawn