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Employment (Minimum Wage) (Amendment No. 13) (Jersey) Order 2019

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A decision made on 22 November 2019

Decision Reference:  MD-S-2019-0093

Decision Summary Title :

Minimum Wage Order for 2020

Date of Decision Summary:

13 November 2019

Decision Summary Author:

Policy Principal

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

N/A

Written Report

Title :

Minimum Wage Order for 2020

Date of Written Report:

13 November 2019

Written Report Author:

Legislative Drafting Office

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

 

Public

Subject: Employment (Minimum Wage) (Amendment No.13) (Jersey) Order 2019

Decision(s): The Minister made the Employment (Minimum Wage) (Amendment No.13) (Jersey) Order 2019. The Order will increase the minimum wage from its current rate of £8.02 per hour to a rate of £8.32 per hour, effective from 1st April 2020.

The Order also increases the rate for a year 1 trainee from £6.02 per hour to £6.24 per hour and increases the rate for a year 2 trainee from £7.02 per hour to £7.28, both effective from 1st April 2020.

Reason(s) for Decision: Following a review of the minimum wage and trainee rates, the Employment Forum issued its recommendations to the Minister on 9th October 2019. The Minister notified the States of the Forum’s recommendation and her decision to accept the recommended rates on 22nd October 2019 (R.131/2019).

Separate Regulations will be lodged to increase the maximum values that may be counted towards minimum wage or trainee rate pay where accommodation, or accommodation with food, is provided to an employee.

Resource Implications: There are no financial or manpower implications.

 

Action required: Policy Principal to notify the Greffier of the States and the Principal Legislative Drafter that the Order has been made so that it may be notified to the States, and forward the signed and sealed Order immediately to the States Greffe for publication and archiving.

Signature:

 

 

Position:

Minister

 

Date Signed:

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

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