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By Anesta Henry
Attorney-at-law Janeil Odle has vowed to promote the rights of persons living with disabilities and to help Barbados become a more inclusive society.
Before a packed audience at the Courtney Blackman Grand Salle, Tom Adams Financial Centre in The City on Wednesday evening, Odle, who is blind, declared that no matter where her career takes her, she will work
Independent Senator Dr Kristina Hinds says the Safety and Health at Work (Amendment) Bill 2022 falls short of addressing the changing nature of the workplace, even as she expressed broad support for the legislation.She told the sitting of the Senate on Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that the workplace is no longer just brick and mortar establishments and the legislation should therefore have acknowledged that it can be a private residence and address critical issues related to that.“I believe that we need amendments to acknowledge occupational health and safety when persons’ work places move into the home, move into the private sphere. The legislation, as I mentioned, relates to things that are very conventional as to what is work and where work happens,” Dr Hinds said.