Jordan rejects BEC’s call to wait

Minister of Labour Colin Jordan is urging the Barbados Employers’ Confederation (BEC) not to be “disingenuous” over its response to the upcoming increase in the national minimum wage.

In a statement yesterday, he rejected calls by the BEC for the Minimum Wage Board to be allowed to complete its work, noting that similar appeals were absent during the four years when no wage increases were implemented.

“I ask the Barbados Employers’ Confederation not to be disingenuous in the matter...