Tourism stipend phases out with $106M pricetag

Tourism stipend phases out with $106M pricetag

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Chief Officer Wesley Howell

(CNS): Today the government issued what is likely to be the penultimate payment to displaced workers who were registered for the tourism stipend programme, as it transitions those who have still not returned to jobs in the sector onto different grants or other support initiatives through the Needs Assessment Unit. By the end of June government will have spent well over $106 million on supporting local tourism workers through the pandemic, according to the latest figures from the auditor general.

The Ministry of Labour has just completed a mandatory survey of the remaining recipients, and while the findings have not yet been released, Chief Officer Wesley Howell has said that the numbers have dropped again as more people confirm that they are back at work.

The second assessment of stipend recipients was to gauge the need for continued financial assistance beyond the lifetime of the stipend programme. As it winds down, Caymanians who need…

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