The challenge against a High Court ruling that gave the go-ahead for the Senate to meet and conduct business before all 21 members were appointed in March will be heard in the Court of Appeal on January 24 next year. Before then, Queen’s Counsel Garth Patterson who is representing the appellant, former Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite, and Queen’s Counsel Leslie Haynes, appearing for the respondent, Attorney General Dale Marshall, will have to provide written submissions to the court.It is understood that Brathwaite’s side had previously submitted a 63-page document to the Court of Appeal, but now has to hand in a condensed version on or before October 21. Haynes has to respond to that on or before December 16. Brathwaite is asking the Court of Appeal to overturn Ju
The Ministry of Labour, Social Security and the Third Sector is seriously considering a paternity leave provision for the labour code which in turn triggers a paternity benefit from the National Insurance Scheme (NIS). This is coming from the actuary with the National Insurance Board, Derek Osborne, as he reacted to a suggestion from audience member Nicholas Hartmann during the third NIS town hall meeting this week. It was held …
Elf employed Barbadians who refuse to contribute to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), should be prevented from plying their trade until they comply.This is the view of former NIS officer Stephen Strickland, who on Wednesday evening, proposed a system that would require various classes of self-employed people to register their businesses and simultaneously contribute to the struggling fund. “We have 12 months in the year. We only have to divide the 12 months into different categories in the same way that I renew my driver’s licence in February because I am a February born. It would mean that we can have carpenters and whoever else in January, another category in February and go right down the road,” said Strickland.He was one of many who showed up at the Alexandra School for the second of three town hall meetings, following an actuarial report suggesting that NIS funds could be depleted in as little as 12 years.Strickland said that contributions to the NIS for self-employed Ba
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