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Employment Forum: Recommendation on Family Friendly Employment Rights

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A decision made 22 December 2017:

Decision Reference:  MD-S-2017-0083

Decision Summary Title :

DS Employment Forum Recommendation - family friendly employment rights - Report to States

Date of Decision Summary:

22 December 2017

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 :

WR Employment Forum Recommendation - family friendly employment rights

Date of Written Report:

15 December 2017

Written Report Author:

Policy Principal

Written Report:

Public or Exempt?

 

Public

Subject: Employment Forum’s recommendation on family friendly employment rights – Report to the States

Decision(s): The Minister decided to present to the States the Employment Forum’s recommendation on family friendly employment rights.

Reason(s) for Decision: In accordance with Article 19 of the Employment (Jersey) Law 2003, the Minister directed the Employment Forum to undertake a review of the existing family friendly employment rights with a view to extending them. The Minister directed the Forum to make a recommendation by 31 December 2017 on a number of areas including –

  • to extend the right to request flexible working and
  • to consider providing longer periods of unpaid and paid maternity, parental and adoption leave

 

The Employment Forum has undertaken its statutory duties and presented its recommendation to the Minister on 15 December 2017. Article 20 of the Employment Law requires that the Minister lays a copy of that report before the States.

Resource Implications: There are no financial or manpower implications.

Action required: Policy Principal to request the Greffier of the States to arrange for the Forum’s recommendation to be presented as a Report to the States as soon as possible.

Signature:

 

 

Position:

 

 

Date Signed:

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

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