BEC: ERA still lacking

Executive Director of the Barbados Employers’ Confederation (BEC) Sheena Mayers-Granville contends that despite there being “few” disputes regarding the outcome of unfair dismissal cases adjudicated by the Employment Rights Tribunal, several areas of concern regarding the act remain.

“The value of the decisions enabled the employers to make settlements that therefore they did not go to judgment. There is one where a settlement was reached for over $100 000 because of the principles laid out in the decisions we have had. There is another one involving an offshore system where the settlement was in excess of $300 000 because the employer, when the principles were brought to their attention, just took up the calculator and agreed on the numbers.