Topic: public sector
Public sector growth
Today's editorial cartoon
Government staff increased 3% in 2016
Nearly 6,000 people worked in the Cayman Islands public sector during 2016, according to figures produced by the government. From year to year, the total number of public sector employees grew by 152 workers, 132 of them Caymanians. The public sector employment was about 75 percent Caymanian and 25 percent non-Caymanian.
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The choices that voters make on Wednesday will have substantial consequences for the country and its inhabitants for the next four years and beyond. The campaign may be thought of as a sort of game. The election, on the other hand, is unmistakably real.
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Hear that train whistle off in the distance? A $1.7 billion locomotive – representing the Cayman Islands government’s healthcare liability – is approaching, slowly but inexorably.
Government authorities see 18% staff increase
The number of staff employed by Cayman Islands public sector authorities increased by about 18 percent – 420 full-time jobs – in one year, according to figures in a government report released Wednesday.
