Sunday, September 28, 2025

Ex-Silver Point workers cry out

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Some former workers of Silver Point Hotel are still awaiting severance payments after being let go last October.

The women reached out to the Sunday Sun after repeated efforts to get their money failed.

Stacia Daniel said they were given their documents and told the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) would pay them out but when they checked back at NIS they were informed that nothing had been sent.

Daniel said they were told NIS couldn’t force anyone to sign the relevant documents for them to be paid and she feared that going to the Employment Rights Tribunal would take years for the matter to be resolved. (RA)

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