ALL PERMANENT workers at one of the country's largest contracting firms, Junior Sammy Contractors Ltd, have been served notice that they will be temporarily sent home, without pay, until the end of January 2026.

The Claxton Bay-based company informed staff that it was approaching the end of its existing contracts and had not been able to secure future contracts for the upcoming quarter "despite our best efforts."

A company spokesperson said the company took the "hard decision" to send home staff for the first time in 40 years because of the drastic slowdown of major infrastructural projects and debt owed for state projects done under the former PNM administration.