Last Updated on March 29, 2024, 1:50 AM AST by Anthony Morris
St Kitts and Nevis: St Kitts and Nevis’ National Assembly passed the National Productivity Bill 2024 on Tuesday which aimed at establishing the National Productivity Council in St Kitts and Nevis.
Under this bill the roles and responsibilities of the council will be to identify the factors that will be affecting the productivity of the workforce and form strategies to resolve them.
To enhance the skills of the workforce the council aims at forming and introducing training programmes.
The bill was introduced by the Minister for Labour, Marsha Henderson. She highlighted that to push forward the growth of the twin island nation it is important to enhance productivity amongst the workforce.
In addition to it she added, “The improvement in the productivity and expansion of the economic capacity and build the transition of green energy that will bring benefits and energy security will be introduced within few months”.
Notably, she said, “The increased productivity in the private sector yields more profits that is beneficial to the shareholders, consumers and employees. Whereas there is an increase in government tax revenue in the public sector”.
Further to this, she added, “The enhancement of the productivity in the both public and private sector builds cost savings for tax payers. The overall national productivity brings competitiveness and attracts local and foreign investors”.
Reportedly, Marsha Henderson made it clear in the bill that it will be four working days for the labourers. The minister introduced such an idea to the council as this will increase the productivity of the work force .
The paramount reason for bringing forward the National Productivity Council is to encourage the workforce to work with full dedication and enhance their productivity.
Marsha Henderson concluded that the main motive of this bill is to benefit both the employers and the employees.
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