Public Sector Layoffs Begin in Barbados

• Days after Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced plans to cut up to 1,500 government jobs, public servants have started going home.
• Head of the Civil Service Dr. Louis Woodroffe confirmed in a government statement issued yesterday evening that the process began last Friday and is expected to end tomorrow.
• A second phase of layoffs – up to 1,000 more – is expected to be carried out in the next fiscal year at statutory corporations, according to Government economic advisor Dr Kevin Greenidge.

Source: Caribbean 360