The Ministry of Social Protection has from the period May to December 10, 2015 been able to recover $59M of wages owed to workers.
This is according to information shared with the media by Minister within the Ministry, Simona Broomes. Speaking at a press conference held at her Brickdam office, Broomes, who has responsibility for labour issues, explained that though her short time in office has been both “challenging and exciting” along with her staff she has been able to secure “modest results.”
“My own proudest and most satisfying moments have been on those occasions when we have won great victories for ordinary (people),” Broomes said.
Those victories she noted include the $79M in owed wages that have been recovered for the year. $20m from January to May and $59M from May to December 10.
According to Broomes, this number which is more than two and half times the $31M which was recovered in 2014 is expected by the end of the year to be augmented by further recoveries to a sum well over $80M.
She shared the story of a single mother who visited her office seeking redress.