Our now available, most updated edition of “The Red Book – A Guide to Employment Relations in Barbados” not only covers things legislative but it addresses areas where legislation is absent. One of these areas in particular is the system of Flexible Work Arrangements.

Before an attempt is made to highlight the role of the Human Resource Department in an organisational restructure, it is critical that we speak to the paradigm shift that continues to occur within the sphere of human resources.

We are into the final quarter of 2020 and when we take a few minutes to reflect, we can conclude that this was the year that triggered everyone’s acute stress response, you may know it as fight or flight. Among many businesses the early onset panic has somewhat subsided and an adaptation has begun

In the 21st century many employees and employers have come to accept one aspect of life as constant – that is change. Companies are constantly required to adapt to global changes, changes in the economy and changing consumer demands.