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Founded in 1960 as an employers' organisation to represent employers on labour related matters. The BEC is a registered trade union under the Trade Union Act 1965.
3. Historical overview
As worker trade unions began organising in the late 1950s, the BEC was formed to advise employers on labour relations, collective bargaining, and employment conditions. It is the only employers' organisation dealing with social and labour matters in Bermuda.
4. Present structure
The policy-making body of the BEC is the Board of Governors, elected annually by the membership. The present Board consists of 24 members representing a cross-section of the business community including the hotel industry, construction, service trades, merchandising, insurance, health care, banking, utilities and printing. The Board meets on a regular basis to consider labour relations, employment and legislative developments in the community.
The Board in turn elects the Officers of the BEC: President, Vice-President and Secretary/Treasurer. The Officers and four other persons appointed by the President form the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee meets as required to deal with matters as deemed necessary by the Executive Director, who oversees the day-to-day activities of the Council.
The staff comprises of an Executive Director, an Assistant Executive Director, a Member Services Manager and an Office Manager.
5. Functions
The function of the BEC is to represent and advise the membership on all matters related to employment, including the following: labour and union relations; collective bargaining; training programmes; human resources development; health and safety; human rights; race relations and diversity; annual salary surveys; employment conditions; employee handbooks; lobbying Government, new and existing legislation; small business development; education; drug and alcohol policies; appraisals systems; newsletters and special reports.
The BEC is represented on the Labour Advisory Council, the National Drug Commission, the Employee Assistance Programme Board, the Apprenticeship and Training Council, the Bermuda Human Resource Association, and the Bermuda Training and Development Association.
6. Membership
320 individual enterprises comprising of private business, hotels, utilities, industrial and Government agencies. The Government as an employer is not a member. The 320 members represent approximately 21,000 employees which is 71% of the total workforce.
7. Affiliations
The BEC is a member of the IOE and the Caribbean Employers' Confederation. It participates in ILO meetings under the status of official observer since Bermuda is not yet a fully independent state.
8. Publications
The various BEC publications include the Health and Safety News, a periodic Newsletter and, especially, the Annual Salary Survey and the Employment Practices Survey. Both surveys are the only ones of their kind in the country.
