THE WORKERS WHO were forcibly retired by the Barbados Investment and Development Corporation (BIDC) two months ago will continue to be on the statutory corporation’s payroll – at least until the outcome of a court hearing at yearend.
At a High Court hearing yesterday before Justice Jacqueline Cornelius, the BIDC agreed to a consent order that prohibits the statutory corporation from acting on termination letters that would have ended the workers’ employment on September 30.
Attorney at law Gregory Nicholls, who is leading a team of lawyers representing seven of the ten BIDC workers who protested their dismissals, has also agreed to stay an injunction application that was filed against the BIDC last month.
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