Overview
Background and Aims of the Commission for Unity and Racial Equality Issues pertaining to race have always been a part of Bermuda's social, economic and political fabric. The effects of slavery and then segregation, which lasted into the 1960s, served to place blacks at a disadvantage in Bermudian society. While strides have been made in recent decades, reports such as the 1991 Census of Population and Housing and the Annual Employment Surveys, show that considerable work, especially economically, still needs to be done.

The establishment of the Commission for Unity and Racial Equality (CURE) in 1994 was, in large measure, a step in facilitating that work. CURE’s primary objectives are as follows:

To work towards the elimination of racial discrimination and institutional racial discrimination in Bermuda.
To promote equality of opportunity.
To promote good relations between persons of different racial groups.

In 1999, the CURE Act 1994 was amended and required all employers with 10 or more employees to register with CURE. In addition, CURE was given the authority to collect information about employees and applicants for employment from those registered employers on a range of race-related employee information. Such information included:

The racial background of employees
Salaries and wages
Compensation packages
Hiring and promotion information
Having conducted the first survey in 2000, CURE now has benchmark data with which to help carry out its mandate. The 2001 data allows CURE to start to track trends and also includes, for the first time, information on hiring, promotional practices and termination in
the organisations that report to CURE.

A complete copy of the report and amendments are available in the download section of this website