A brief overview of The Employment Rights Act 2012
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How to Calculate Severance
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According to the Severance Payment Act (CAP 355A) – First Schedule (Section 3), Paragraphs 2 and 3, the amount of the severance payment shall be calculated by referring to a specific outlined starting and ending 104-week period, and counting backwards the number of complete years of employment falling within that period, and allowing, for each complete year of employment, is calculated by counting backwards 104 weeks from the date of termination.
Trade Unionism in Barbados by Peter MacD Earle BSc, LLM
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O ver the last 20 to 30 years, trade union membership in most advanced economies around the world has decreased and the evidence suggests that trade unions now in some instances less capable of using the strike weapon as an effective tool to achieve their objectives. Additionally, it appears that in Barbados trade unions are not as militant as they used to be, and neither are they as capable of restraining trade and commercial activities at the national level during industrial relations disputes. Over the last three decades, trade unions have further deteriorated as membership has declined for one reason or another. In recent times in Barbados the restructuring of statutory corporations, some public sector departments and private sector companies as well as the deleterious effect of the COVI 19 virus have caused businesses to close down, resulting in a reduced labour force and membership within the respective trade unions. One report on the internet states that in 1996, the Barbado...