General Secretary of the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) Richard Green believes the Employment Rights Tribunal (ERT) has not been given the resources it needs to efficiently carry out its work.Insisting that the tribunal must not be treated as a “step-child” in resolving labour issues, he also expressed serious concern with the lengthy delays in having cases brought before the ERT.“How seriously the ERT is taken is reflected in the resources that have been given to it. I do not think it has been given the status that it truly deserves and that more manpower resources and more technical resources should be given to the tribunal,” the trade union leader told Barbados TODAY.“The length of time it is taking to have matters resolved before the ERT can act as a deterrent to employees taking their matters before the tribunal for resolution,” he added, noting that the backlog of cases was also frustrating those waiting for their matters to be called.
