Media workers to get input from labour office
Article by May 28, 2021
The Labour Department is offering assistance to media workers in sensitizing them to their rights amidst complaints from among the fraternity about their terms and conditions of employment.
Declining to go into details regarding the complaints being received by her department, Chief Labour Officer Claudette Hope-Greenidge told
Barbados TODAY this evening that she was willing to facilitate a series of virtual programmes addressing the various elements of labour legislation, employment rights and industrial relations.
This comes against the backdrop of some members of the media raising concerns about disputed contracts as well as confusion over the role of freelancers.
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On May 10, the 2021 General Session of the Georgia General Assembly officially came to a close with the end of the governor’s 40-day window to sign or veto legislation. While Georgia’s election legislation (SB 202), which was quickly signed by Gov. Kemp after passage in March, has received the most coverage, lawmakers sent nearly 300 bills to the governor’s desk. Of those bills, all but one was signed by the governor or will become law without the governor’s signature.
Veto
The lone veto this year stands in contrast to the four vetoes issued in 2020 and the 14 vetoes issued in 2019 during the first year of Gov. Kemp’s administration. Following a barrage of constituent complaints over the last year regarding their difficulty in obtaining pandemic-related unemployment benefits and warnings that the Department of Labor’s failure to respond to audits in a timely manner could affect the state’s AAA Bond Rating
Gov. Brian Kemp vetoes bill to create appointed Chief Labor Officer
ATLANTA - Of the dozens of bills that found their way onto Gov. Brian Kemp s desk during the 2021 legislative session, he vetoed just one. While I understand the frustration that many in our state have felt regarding the backlog of unemployment claims, Senate Bill 156 proposes significant infringements on the separation of powers guaranteed by Georgia s Constitution, Gov. Kemp said in a veto statement issued Monday.
Senate Bill 156 would have created the position of Chief Labor Officer to work in the Georgia Department of Labor. Under the legislation the labor officer would have the same powers as the Commissioner of Labor, however, he or she would be appointed by the state legislature, rather than elected.
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ERT asked to intervene in dispute
Article by April 7, 2021
Head of Government’s COVID-19 Monitoring Unit Ronald Chapman has been placed before the Employment Rights Tribunal (ERT) for unfair dismissal.
However, the claim against Chapman by a former employee, is associated with his role as Managing Director of Argon Pest Control Incorporated, a private company located at Risk Road, Fitts Village, St James.
In a letter from the Labour Department dated February 9, 2021 and addressed to the Chairman of the Tribunal, Laurison Mayers, writing on behalf of the Acting Chief Labour Officer, the ERT was informed that on July 24, 2017, Shibbir Greenidge made a complaint to the department via his attorney Khamaal Collymore, that he was unfairly terminated on May 12, 2017.