INDUSTRIAL Court president Deborah Thomas-Felix stated yesterday that although some employers felt that providing a safer working environment would negatively affect their profits, the reality was that it actually saved money and provided the business with a better reputation.
Thomas-Felix was delivering the feature address during a special sitting of the Industrial Court, Port of Spain, to mark the opening of the 2016-2017 law term.
The sitting was attended by fellow judges, lawyers, trade unionists, and Police and Social Welfare Association president Insp Michael Seales.
In the beginning of her presentation, Thomas-Felix paid heed to the country's worsening economic climate, stating, “We continue to see an upsurge in crime and criminal activity in a sea of economic instability and uncertainty as declining oil and gas revenues globally has caused governments to rethink about their shrinking economic pie as a new paradigm is required to navigate through a changing economic environment.”
Source: Trinidad Express Newspapers