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A HANDBOOK FOR EMPLOYERS
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Copies of the A to Z are available for collection from the Jersey Advisory and Conciliation Service and the Social Security Department.
Foreword by Senator Paul Routier, President of the Employment and Social Security Committe (now Minister for the Social Security Department)
The Employment Law has been subject to considerable wide-ranging consultation and I am very grateful for the valuable input from all sections of the community. I am especially grateful for the work undertaken by the Employment Forum and JACS.
It is important to my Committee that our employment legislation is appropriate to Jersey and not imported wholesale from other jurisdictions. I am confident that the new Law will meet the expectations of most sections of the community and I hope that this document will provide a useful ‘good practice’ reference tool for employers and employees alike.
Senator Paul Routier Contents
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A Absence Appraisal Schemes Arbitration
C Change of Employer Collective Bargining Communications Conciliation Contracts of Employment and Rights on Terminiation
D Data protection Disciplinary Procedures Discrimination
E Employee Involvement Equal Oppourtunites
F Fixed Term Contracts
Flexible Working Practices
G Grievance Procedures
H Handbooks Harmonisation Health and Safety Health Checks Holidays and Time Off Hours of Work Human Resource Planning
J Job Design Job Evaluation Job Sharing Joint consultation
L Labour Turnover
M Management of Change Maternity provisions Minimum wage
N Notice Periods
O Overtime
P Part-time working (see also Job sharing) Pay and Grading Pensions Personnel records
R Race or religious discrimination Recruitment Selection & Induction Redundancy and Lay Offs Relocation Rest Periods
S Sexual harassment Shiftwork Sickness Supervision
T Termination of Employment Trade union recognition Training & Development
U Unfair Dismissal
W Written Statements
This handbook is based on the ACAS publication of the same name, adapted to reflect Jersey’s employment legislation. It provides a brief introduction to important employee relations topics and gives basic information on a number of subjects and where appropriate gives references to further sources of guidance.
The subjects are arranged in alphabetical order and the information is presented as far as possible in self-contained sections that can readily be consulted as the need arises.
The A to Z of Work is designed to give impartial advice on employment matters to employers and employees. It is based on the belief that the overall ethos in the workplace should be one of trust, co-operation and mutual respect. The very basic rights and duties of both parties are:
Employees’ Duties (and Employers’ Rights)
Employers’ Duties (and Employees’ Rights)
JACS provides a helpline, telephone 730503, which can answer most of your questions about employment relations matters including your legal rights and duties and our website www.jacs.org.je contains a great amount of detail, guidelines and model policies or procedures.
JACS is committed to building better relationships in the workplace and offers a wide range of practical help for organisations through a regular programme of events.
These events include interactive seminars for small firms with no HR specialist, seminars for larger organisations needing an in-depth approach and tailored training programmes run in individual workplaces.
