Just Desserts - Reprise
Sunday, November 30th, 2008The passage last week of dangerously flawed amendments to the Employment Act is a classic case of government serving politics, instead of politics serving government. So distracted were all our MPs by their own internecine quarrels that they passed a broken Bill, without more than a moment’s reflection on the costs.
Employment Act Amendments - Commentary
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008As promised, here are the first notes concerning the amendments to the Vanuatu Employment Act passed last Thursday in Parliament.
Amended Employment Act (CAP 160)
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008There’s been a lot of concern - bordering on panic - among Vanuatu businesses over the last few days, following a vote in Parliament to amend the Vanuatu Employment Act.
Island Hopping
Friday, August 15th, 2008[This week's Communications column for the Vanuatu Independent.]
Denis O’Brien, owner of the Digicel Group, graces the cover of the August 11th issue of Forbes Magazine. Their profile, titled ‘Babble Rouser’, begins with a tone of detached and vaguely supercilious astonishment at the risks that Digicel has incurred in the course of its lightning-quick expansion across [...]