LIAT to Trim Workforce

Regional Caribbean carrier LIAT is cutting staff in a move to reduce costs.

The move comes three months after shareholder governments agreed on a plan to reduce the workforce by 180.

Full-time employees who have worked for LIAT for more than six years have been offered voluntary separation packages.

"We must remove the costs that we were carrying as a larger entity. The company wishes to avoid having to impose compulsory redundancies in order to achieve this," said LIAT in a statement.

Source: Travel Weekly