January 08, 2021
A Florida federal judge has signed off on a settlement that will provide up to two months' severance pay for former employees of a Bahamas cruise ship operator who were terminated when the cruise industry shut down because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
December 14, 2020
A Bahamas cruise ship operator has submitted a motion to force a former employee to arbitrate claims that he was denied severance pay owed to him after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the cruise industry earlier this year, although settlement negotiations between the parties remain ongoing.
November 06, 2020
A Florida federal judge on Thursday rejected an $875,000 settlement that would have ended a proposed class suit accusing Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line of effectively holding crewmembers hostage on board its ships without pay for months on end beginning at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
August 25, 2020
Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line has reached a tentative agreement to pay $875,000 to quickly settle claims that it effectively has held crewmembers hostage on board its ships without pay since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.