Customs and Immigration concerns raised

Wed, Dec 29th 2010, 10:00 PM

By CELESTE NIXON

Tribune Staff Reporter

cnixon@tribunemedia.net

IMPLEMENTATION of the shift system for immigration and customs officers, inaccurate pay cheques, and no overtime or holiday pay, is stifling morale and productivity among officers, claim union leaders.

Deron Brooks, executive vice-president of Bahamas Custom and Immigration Workers Allied Union (BCIWAU) in Grand Bahamas, said yesterday he believes the incorrect pay cheques have been issued from either administration heads or the public treasury in Nassau, in conjunction with the implementation of a shift system, is resulting in "low morale and quality of service among immigration and customs officers and will compromise the se ...

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