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Approximately 120 employees of Jumby Bay Island Company will benefit from a seven percent salary increase following the completion of negotiations between the Antigua and Barbuda Workers\u2019 Union (ABWU) and Jumby Bay Island Company.<\/p>

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President of the ABWU Kem Riley, says the Union is pleased to have secured a new Collective Bargaining Agreement on behalf of the workers following several rounds of negotiations with the Company.<\/p>

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Another highlight of the agreement is the harmonization of the Company\u2019s retirement age with Social Security\u2019s pensionable age.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPreviously, we had staff who would have been placed at a disadvantage because of the adjustment in the Social Security pension age. They would have had to seek new employment for a few additional years or lose 6% off each year if they opted to retire before the pensionable age. \u201cHowever,\u201d Riley added, \u201cwe successfully persuaded the Company to bring their retirement age in line with that of Social Security\u2019s pensionable age.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The new Collective Bargaining Agreement covers the period 1 July 2021 to 1 July 2024 and will include retroactive payments. The ABWU and Jumby Bay Island Company are expected to sign off on the new contract in the coming weeks.<\/p>

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Approximately 120 employees of Jumby Bay Island Company will benefit from a seven percent salary increase following the completion of negotiations between the Antigua and Barbuda Workers\u2019 Union (ABWU) and Jumby Bay Island Company.   President of the ABWU Kem Riley, says the Union is pleased to have secured a new Collective Bargaining Agreement on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nEmployees at Jumby Bay Island Company to Receive 7% Salary Increase - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/employees-at-jumby-bay-island-company-to-receive-7-salary-increase\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Employees at Jumby Bay Island Company to Receive 7% Salary Increase\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Approximately 120 employees of Jumby Bay Island Company will benefit from a seven percent salary increase following the completion of negotiations between the Antigua and Barbuda Workers\u2019 Union (ABWU) and Jumby Bay Island Company.   President of the ABWU Kem Riley, says the Union is pleased to have secured a new Collective Bargaining Agreement on […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/employees-at-jumby-bay-island-company-to-receive-7-salary-increase\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-25T21:01:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Jumby-Bay.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"781\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/employees-at-jumby-bay-island-company-to-receive-7-salary-increase\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/employees-at-jumby-bay-island-company-to-receive-7-salary-increase\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"Employees at Jumby Bay Island Company to Receive 7% Salary Increase\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-25T21:01:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-25T21:01:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/employees-at-jumby-bay-island-company-to-receive-7-salary-increase\/\"},\"wordCount\":207,\"commentCount\":4,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/employees-at-jumby-bay-island-company-to-receive-7-salary-increase\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1280\/h:781\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Jumby-Bay.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/employees-at-jumby-bay-island-company-to-receive-7-salary-increase\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/employees-at-jumby-bay-island-company-to-receive-7-salary-increase\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/employees-at-jumby-bay-island-company-to-receive-7-salary-increase\/\",\"name\":\"Employees at Jumby Bay Island Company to Receive 7% Salary Increase - 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