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Video: BIU President On Unemployment Statistics

BIU President Chris Furbert held a press conference yesterday [Jan 20], where he discussed the latest employment statistics. The recently released Labour Force Survey showed unemployment increasing to 9% with the workforce having shrunk by 511 workers in 2014. The 9% unemployment rate in 2014 compares to a 7% unemployment rate in 2013, an 8% unemployment... Read more of this article

MP Rolfe Commissiong On Unemployment Rate

[Opinion column written by MP Rolfe Commissiong] The Finance Minister’s recent press statement contained the following: “Changes in the black working population and white population are indeed significant and are something of note.” This tidbit came after the Minister and his government found themselves under inordinate pressure to publicly release... Read more of this article

PLP: “Bermuda’s Jobs Crisis Is Getting Worse”

[Updated with video] Following the release of the latest Labour Force Survey which showed unemployment increasing to 9% with the workforce having shrunk by 511 workers in 2014, Shadow Finance Minister David Burt said “it is clear that Bermuda’s Jobs Crisis is getting worse under the OBA.” The 9% unemployment rate in 2014 compares to a... Read more of this article

Labour Force Survey: 9% Unemployment Rate

[Updated with video] According to the 2014 Labour Force Survey released today [Jan 9], the unemployment rate was measured at 9% and the workforce shrunk by 511 workers in 2014. The 9% unemployment rate in 2014 compares to a 7% unemployment rate in 2013, an 8% unemployment rate in 2012, and a 6% unemployment rate in 2010. Chart #1 extracted from the... Read more of this article

PLP Calls For Labour Survey To Be Released

“Reports that the OBA is delaying the release of the latest unemployment figures should concern all Bermudians,” Shadow Finance Minister David Burt said today [Jan 8], adding that they “call on the Premier to release the 2014 Labour Force Survey immediately so that the people of Bermuda can receive an unbiased view of the state of... Read more of this article