Voluntary Redundancy Payments Nov 2010

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A decision made on 11 November 2010 regarding voluntary redundancy payments

Decision Reference: MD-C-2010-0084

Decision Summary Title :

Voluntary Redundancy Payments

Date of Decision Summary:

4 November 2010

Decision Summary Author:

Head of Employment Relations

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

(State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Oral

Person Giving

Oral Report:

Head of Employment Relations

Written Report

Title :

N/A

Date of Written Report:

N/A

Written Report Author:

N/A

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

(State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)

N/A

Subject:

Voluntary Redundancy Payments

Decision(s): The Chief Minister agreed -

i) in accordance with P64/2010, to approve the high priority Voluntary Redundancies (Y1s) as approved by the States Employment Board

ii) to receive funds totalling £5,760,373 from the Treasury and Resources Department and to agree for those funds to be transferred, as appropriate, to States departments to make the high priority Voluntary Redundancy payments as approved in accordance with the table below:

Department	Expenditure	Saving to end of 2013	Saving to age of 65
Judicial Greffe	£155,018	£241,953	£355,083
Education, Sport and Culture	£712,844	£1,097,819	£5,033,376
Lieutenant Governor's	£96,673	£177,516	£851,523
Resources - Information Services	£364,888	£584,312	£2,443,322
Planning and Environment	£605,774	£733,944	£2,661,778
Property Holdings	£135,081	£230,003	£230,003
Economic Development	£43,610	£80,441	£562,809
Home Affairs	£385,684	£640,030	£2,626,278
Health and Social Services	£1,761,212	£2,966,290	£11,655,995
Housing	£360,048	£558,825	£1,196,518
Human Resources	£179,087	£335,423	£2,477,833
Transport and Technical Services	£960,454	£1,330,398	£3,475,640

Total	£5,760,373	£8,876,954	£33,570,158

iii) to note that there is a number of less priority, but nevertheless acceptable, applications for Voluntary Redundancy (Y2s), which would cost approximately £1.2 million, and that further consideration will be given to how these might be funded.

Reason(s) for Decision:

In order to reduce public spending as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review, it has been agreed to accept a number of applications for Voluntary Redundancy from public employees. Approval is given in accordance with P64/2010. Transfers of funds are accepted and made in accordance with Article 15(1)(a) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005. The Chief Minister has been provided with supporting documentation that explains the make-up of individual departmental payment sums.

Resource Implications:

It is expected that these Voluntary Redundancies will deliver salary savings of £3,116,581 by 2013 and £27,809,785 if individuals had worked until the age of 65.

Action required:

Head of Employment Relations to forward this Ministerial Decision to the Greffier of the States and inform the Head of Decision Support, Treasury and Resources Department, that this decision has been signed.

Signature:

Position:

Senator T.A. Le Sueur, Chief Minister

Date Signed:

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):