Minimum Wage Consultation 2017

Department	Employment, Social Security and Housing
Start date	05/06/2017
End date	28/07/2017
Type of consultation	Other
Deadline for comments	28/07/2017

About the consultation

The Employment Forum is reviewing the minimum wage and wants to know your views on what rate the minimum wage should be set at from 1 April 2018.

Current rates

The minimum wage is £7.18 per hour.

The minimum wage for a trainee in their first year of training is £5.39 per hour.

The minimum wage for a trainee in their second year of training is £6.28 per hour.

What we want you to comment on

The Employment Forum would like to hear your views about what rate the minimum wage should be set at from 1 April 2018.

The Employment Forum would particularly like to hear the views of businesses that employ staff at the minimum wage and employees who are paid at, or around, the minimum wage.

Download minimum wage background paper (size 346kb)

Further information

For information about the minimum wage and the trainee rates, use the guides on the Jersey Advisory and Conciliation Service (JACS) website.

Minimum wage guide on the JACS website

Trainee rate guide on the JACS website

How to submit comments to the consultation

The Employment Forum's recommendations are available on the minimum wage page.