Jason Hayward speaks to the impact of an aging population and emigration on homegrown job numbers. He adds that there will be a boost once the Fairmont Southampton reopens
Recently released employment statistics showed that there were 369 more jobs filled in 2025 than in 2024.
However, we are still 558 total jobs below pre-pandemic numbers in 2019.
Even more notably, there are fifteen-hundred fewer Bermudians in the workforce than there were before COVID-19 hit.
Labour and Economy Minister Jason Hayward has pointed to the aging population as a factor bringing down the home-grown job numbers. Gary Foster Skelton asked if there are other influences. WATCH below…
Minister Hayward has stressed that Bermuda is seeing job growth, even without jobs that existed pre-pandemic at the Fairmont Southampton.
A significant portion of those jobs are already ear-marked for Bermudians. WATCH below…
