Prepared by Wayne Walrond Assistant General Secretary Where the worker controls the manner in which the work is carried out and has the freedom to engage his or her services outside the contractual arrangement, a contract for service can be deemed to exist despite the factor of mutuality of obligation being present. THE PART TIME/CASUAL […]
INTRODUCTION During the last three decades Barbados’ economic landscape has become increasingly diversified with tourism replacing the sugar industry as the primary foreign exchange earner. Financial and offshore services (e.g. banking, shipping registration, processing of airline passenger tickets, processing of health services records, etc) have been introduced also as means of earning vital foreign exchange
In this dynamic and globalised environment of work, there is a proliferation of the practice of engaging persons as independent contractors also referred to as self employed persons. In seeking to escape the obligations that must be extended to employees, employers are opting to engage persons on terms that are often misconstrued as being self
Akanni McDowall President I am indeed grateful to have the honour and privilege in my capacity as President of the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) to address you on the eve of a New Year on behalf of the membership, National Council, Executive Committee and Secretariat of this distinguished organisation. This is the time
