Mrs Aunika Webster-Lake
Anguilla’s newly-appointed Labour Commissioner, Mrs Aunika Webster-Lake, has assured members of the public that she will ensure that the Labour Department remains an agency of Government in which they can place their trust and confidence.
“We are hoping that we can continue to make the Labour Department a place that people can trust and get matters handled fairly,” she told The Anguillian on Tuesday this week in a brief statement about her appointment. “Fairness and consistency are two key roles in any job. That is what we are about – being fair and consistent. I am hoping that people do not expect favours from us because we don’t grant favours. We go by the law, we abide by the law and we strive to fair to everybody and to be consistent in whatever we do.”
Mrs Webster-Lake is in the meantime familiarising herself with the existing labour laws and policies, and the draft legislationrelating to a new labour code as well as a new minimum wage.
She succeeds Mr Russell Reid who resigned his post as Labour Commissioner after serving in that capacity from January 2006. In all, he has hadover 28 years in the public service. He has now taken up an appointment at Malliouhana Hotel as Director of Human Resources.
The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a press release on November 1 expressing congratulations to Mrs Webster-Lake on her appointment as Labour Commissioner. The Ministry has urged all employers and employees in the private sector to provide all necessary assistance and cooperation to her in carrying out her duties.
She formerly served as Deputy Director Human Resource Management at the Department of Public Administration. She worked there for three years and ten months. Mrs Webster-Lake assumed her appointment as Labour Commissioner on October 16, 2013.
