Topic: Adolphus Laidlow
Proposed minimum wage increase only 16%, according to government figures
The proposed increase in the national minimum wage would make the country’s poorest households only around 16% better off despite looking like a 46% rise, according to Cayman’s leading economist.
ESO apologises over cancer patient ‘overwhelmed’ by survey
The Economics and Statistics Office has apologised for causing "inadvertent inconvenience or pain" to an elderly cancer sufferer and his wife after they were issued a non-compliance letter saying they were liable to a $5,000 fine when they stated they could not complete a detailed household budget survey.
ESO director urges compliance as 80% of census fieldwork completed
The 2021 census has crossed the six-week mark and, with 80% of fieldwork completed, Economics and Statistics Office Director Adolphus Laidlow has urged the public to continue to cooperate with enumerators.
National census postponed to 2021
Cayman's 2020 Population and Housing Census has been postponed to October 2021, the Economics and Statistics Office announced Wednesday.
