Monday, May 11, 2026

Probe if workers ‘coerced’

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NO EMPLOYER should force a worker to come out during a national shutdown.

But, said social activist and attorney David Comissiong, if the workers had been given the option and decided to brave the impending bad weather, then he would have no problem with the opening of the businesses.

Comissiong was weighing in on the raging debate about the decision by a number of businesses to open during the passage of Tropical Storm Matthew

The system, now a Category 4 hurricane packing winds up to 140 mph, lashed the island with heavy rains and strong winds on Wednesday afternoon. (HLE)


Please read the full story in today’s Sunday Sun, or in the eNATION edition.


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