The Ministry of Education, Employment & Gender Affairs and the Department of Labour & Pensions has released the Labour Relations Bill, 2015 and the National Pensions (Amendment) Bill, 2015 for public consultation. These Bills can both be accessed on the Ministry’s website at the direct link: www.education.gov.ky/labourpensions.
As part of the public consultation process, the Ministry and Department will be holding a series of district meetings in the months of July and August to give the public an opportunity to discuss the bills and raise any concerns or questions they may have.
The district meetings in July will cover the Labour Relations Bill, 2015 and will commence in West Bay at the Shirley Kidd Memorial Hall at the Sir John A. Cumber Primary School on Tuesday 14th July at 7:30pm. North Side will be the second meeting on Thursday 16th July at 8:00pm at the North Side Civic Centre. The Bodden Town meeting will be on Monday 20th July at the Savannah Primary School Hall and the George Town meeting will be on Wednesday 22nd July at the George Town Town Hall. Both of these meetings will begin at 7:30pm. Closing off the district meetings on the Labour Relations Bill, 2015 will be in East End at the East End Civic Centre on Thursday 23rd July, beginning at 8:00pm.
The only district meeting that will have back to back meetings for both Bills will be Cayman Brac. These meetings will be held on Saturday 18th July at the Layman E. Scott Snr. High School Hall with the meeting on the Labour Relations Bill, 2015 from 1:00pm – 2:30pm and the meeting on the National Pensions (Amendment) Bill, 2015 from 2:30pm – 4:00pm.
In August, the meetings on the National Pensions (Amendment) Bill will begin in North Side at the North Side Civic Centre on Monday 3rd August at 8:00pm. Bodden Town’s meeting will be on Thursday 6th August in the Savannah Primary School Hall beginning at 7:30pm. Then on Monday 10th August the East End meeting will be held at the East End Civic Centre at 8:00pm. West Bay’s meeting will again be in the Shirley Kidd Memorial Hall at Sir John A. Cumber Primary School on Wednesday 12th August and the final meeting will be in George Town at the Town Hall on Thursday 13th August. Both the West Bay and George Town meetings will begin at 7:30pm.
All members of the public are invited to attend these meetings and be a part of this public consultation process. The public can also give their feedback on the Bills via email to the Ministry and Department by emailing [email protected].
For more information on the district meetings and on the Labour Relations Bill, 2015 and National Pensions (Amendment) Bill, 2015 please visit www.education.gov.ky/labourpensions.