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Over $200M In Unemployment Benefits Paid Out In 2020
Over $200M In Unemployment Benefits Paid Out In 2020
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - NIB's report reveals a $108m payout in unemployment benefits for the year 2020 to over 44,000 Bahamians.
TUC head says they will fight to make Employment Act more worker-friendly
AS Labour Day nears, some union leaders have pledged to fight for amendments that make the Employment Act more worker-friendly.
More than 500k paid in unemployment assistance
More than 500k paid in unemployment assistance
National Insurance Board. FILEMore than half a million dollars in unemployment assistance was distributed on Friday to those self-employed persons in the tourism sector who now find themselves out of work due to the COVID-19 shutdown...
NIB Concludes Payment Arrangement with Several Companies to Expedite Unemployment Benefit (UEB) Payments
NIB Concludes Payment Arrangement with Several Companies to Expedite Unemployment Benefit (UEB) Payments
The National Insurance Board is pleased to advise that a number of the processes have been innovated to rapidly get Unemployment Benefit (UEB) payments to claimants, and is concluding, agreements...
Unemployment down
Unemployment down
The national unemployment rate decreased from 10 percent in May 2018 to 9.5 percent in May 2019, the Department of Statistics revealed yesterday.
Unemployment higher for women
Unemployment higher for women
Despite attaining higher education, unemployment is higher for women than it is for men, according to data released by the Department of Statistics yesterday.
In May 2019, the labor force totaled 214,890, consisting of 102,730 women and 112,160 men.
The data further shows that at the time of the survey there were 22,635 people unemployed – 11,230 women and 11,405 men.
Unemployment rate down to 9.5 percent
Unemployment rate down to 9.5 percent
THE national unemployment rate has improved - with labour force officials revealing on Friday a decrease to 9.5 percent.
GB youngsters join employment scheme
GB youngsters join employment scheme
NEARLY 200 young people on Grand Bahama are participating in the government's Summer Youth Employment Programme this year.
Unemployment rate drops 1.1 per cent to end of October
THE Department of Statistics has announced a drop in the unemployment rate to 12.7 per cent as of the period October 24-30, 2016...
'Significant Decline' in Unemployment Applicants
'Significant Decline' in Unemployment Applicants
DIRECTOR of the National Insurance Board (NIB) Algernon Cargill told Tribune Business yesterday that $33.76 million has been paid out under the unemployment benefit programme since its inception in 2009, with a significant decline in the number of applicants year-over-year.
"In 2010 overall we paid out $8.9 million and for this year so far we have paid out $2.475 million. We have paid out signi...