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A decision made (27/08/2008) regarding: Employment Tribunal Members - Draft an Order to increase rates of remuneration.

Decision Reference: MD-S-2008-0050
Decision Summary Title :	L:\General Information\Workgroups\Policy\Employment\Ministerial decisions\DS Order for JET pay rates 26Aug08		Date of Decision Summary:	26/08/2008
Decision Summary Author:	Kate Morel, Policy Principal		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	N/A		Date of Written Report:	N/A
Written Report Author:	Kate Morel, Policy Principal		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Employment Tribunal Members – Draft an Order to increase rates of remuneration.
Decision(s): The Minister decided that an Order should be prepared under the Employment (Jersey) Law 2003 to increase the daily sitting rate for the Chairman, Deputy Chair and Side Members of the Employment Tribunal, effective from 1 September 2008.
Reason(s) for Decision: The current rates of remuneration for the Tribunal members were set by amending the Employment Tribunal (Jersey) Regulations 2005 to provide the following rates from 1 November 2006; £736 for the Chairman, £552 for the Deputy Chairman and £97 for Side Members. The Employment Law was amended in 2007 to allow the Social Security Minister to make Orders setting the daily sitting rates for the Chairman, Deputy Chair and Side Members of the Employment Tribunal. The Chairman’s rate will be increased by Order in line with the current daily sitting rate for Commissioners of the Royal Court, resulting in a daily sitting rate of £774. The equivalent percentage increase (5.1630%) will be applied to the Deputy Chairman’s rate resulting in a daily sitting rate of £580.50 and for the Side Members a new daily rate of £102.01.
Resource Implications: The increase will result in an additional cost of approximately £500 for the remainder of 2008. The funds are available in the existing employment relations budget.
Action required: Ask the Law Draftsman to prepare an Order increasing the rates.
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