Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

19.   Provisions relating to employment

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   (1)   A development company shall not, without the prior approval of the Minister in writing, employ within the island in a development enterprise any person not ordinarily resident in the island or in any of the territories hereinafter specified. However, if it satisfies the Minister that the services of any skilled workmen, artisans, or mechanics or of any person possessing particular professional or technical qualifications or skills or experience are necessary for the proper conduct of the development enterprise and that such services cannot be obtained in the island or in any of the territories hereinafter specified, the Minister may by permit in writing authorise him or her to employ within the island such number and classes of skilled workmen, artisans and mechanics and of persons possessing particular professional or technical qualifications or skills or experience, not ordinarily resident in the island or in any of the territories hereinafter specified, and for such periods as may be specified in the permit.

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   (2)   The Minister may, by direction in writing, require any development company to make such return of—

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      (a)     the number of persons in each category of work who are ordinarily resident in the island or in any of the territories hereinafter specified; and

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      (b)     the number of persons in each category of work who are not ordinarily resident in the island or in any of the territories hereinafter specified,

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   employed by it within the island in a development enterprise as the Minister may think fit.

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   (3)   The specified territories are Grenada, St. Vincent, Dominica, Antigua, St. Christopher Nevis and Anguilla, Montserrat, Barbados, and the dependencies of each of the aforesaid territories.