NASSAU, Bahamas –The National Tripartite Council (NTC) has announced that it has secured the consultation services of Sumner Strategic Partners (SSP), which has already produced draft legislation and a draft white paper on the development of a National Productivity Council (NPC), the Nassau Guardian reported March 29.
Speaking at a press conference yesterday on the matter, principal of SSP and former chief executive officer of the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers’ Confederation (BCCEC) Edison Sumner said The Bahamas’ legislation has been mirrored after that of Barbados. Should the legislation be ratified, it would make this country only the second in the Caribbean region to enact it.
Sumner said he and his team will engage private sector, public sector and union stakeholders across the nation in order to gauge what productivity means for each relevant sector of society and how it can be improved. He added that those answers will eventually be placed in the final legislation that will be brought to the House of Assembly.
He and Chairman of the NTC Robert Farquharson both said productivity levels in The Bahamas have declined over the years, and said the International Labor Organization (ILO) has suggested this country develop and enact productivity legislation. https://thenassauguardian.com/2019/03/29/sumner-draft-legislation-seeks-to-reverse-productivity-decline/
