Job rights laws for Barbados

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Freundel Stuart on Tuesday announced that the long-overdue employment rights legislation should become a reality by the end of this year.

But union boss Sir Roy Trotman wants the laws in place by the end of this month. Speaking before a large crowd attending the May Day celebrations at Browne’s Beach, Bay Street, St Michael, under overcast skies, the Prime Minister told workers Government’s position was that the legislation should be on the statute books before the end of 2011.

He made the announcement just before signing Protocol VI – which will govern employment, economic and other