Comments on: Column: Burgess On Workers, Initiatives & More

By: wondering

wondering — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:38:27 +0000

And if one performed 8th grade mathematics, the actual savings is miniscule.

By: watching

watching — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 19:15:38 +0000

Did the OBA implement them? Would they have implemented them had they been elected?

By: Vortex

Vortex — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 13:17:08 +0000

Derrick Burgess. Hopelessly lost in 1980.

These are depressingly outdated ideas, time for the dinosaurs to be replaced.

By: Joe Bloggs

Joe Bloggs — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 18:01:04 +0000

“Employees would have earned more if PLP Government had done nothing.”

Maybe. Maybe not. That depends on whether the employer gives annual cost of living pay rises or bonuses or whether the employer is too greedy to care about the employees.

By: hey

hey — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 17:40:54 +0000

If you earned 96,000 you saved $360 over the whole year. that is less than $1 a day.

NOT groundbreaking. Sugartax ate way more that that out of your annual budget. This is even before looking at all the other tax increases.

The Employer tax increases made pay rises extremely difficult. Employees would have earned more if PLP Government had done nothing.

By: watching

watching — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 16:27:41 +0000

Contrary to the narrative spouted in different forums, the PLP has done a lot to benefit the workers, especially during the cost-of-living spike that is making life difficult. Of course, everyone is not going to feel the pinch the same way, but the reduction in payroll tax, the reduction in vehicle licenses, the reduction in duty for most essential food items. The establishment of minimum wage, the increase in family leave. All these decisions are not made lightly, but are made with the people in mind, and can apply to everyone. Yes, it is sometimes hard to be optimistic, and to every action there is a reaction that is sometimes unintended, but the narrative that this government has done nothing for the people is simply untrue. Whether you voted for them, or like them, or hate them, can we be objective in our criticisms?

By: Joe Bloggs

Joe Bloggs — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 12:16:34 +0000

Actually, the Deputy Speaker is correct. The PLP Government has enhanced workers’ “rights” over the past 5 years, at considerable expense to every employer in Bermuda.

By: wondering

wondering — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 05:17:05 +0000

You’re joking right.
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