States Employment Board: Appointments

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A decision made on 6 July 2018

Ministerial decision reference : MD-C-2018-0109
Decision summary title: States Employment Board - Appointments
Decision summary author	Business Manager, Chief Minister’s Office	Is the decision summary public or exempt?		Public
Report title: States Employment Board - Constitution
Report author or name of person giving report	Business Manager, Chief Minister’s Office	Is the report public or exempt?		Public
Decision and reason for the decision The Chief Minister, acting in accordance with Article 5(1)(a) – (b) of the Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005 appointed the following executive States Members to serve on the States Employment Board – Senator T.A. Vallois (Chair) Connétable R.A. Buchanan, Assistant Chief Minister Deputy S.J. Pinel, Minister for Treasury and Resources, The above decision was made to reconstitute the States Employment Board following the ordinary election in May 2018 and the subsequent election of a Chief Minister in accordance with Article 19(7) of the States of Jersey Law 2005. These events had brought to an end the terms of office of the members of the States Employment Board as previously constituted. The Chief Minister made the above decision having acknowledged the decision of the States on 26th June 2018 to elect the following non-executive States Members to serve on the SEB in accordance with Article 5(1) (c) of the Law – Connétable D.W. Mezbourian of St. Lawrence Deputy G.J. Truscott of St. Brelade.
Resource implications There were no resource implications arising from this ministerial decision.
Action required The Business Manager was instructed to – (a) ensure that the States Members cited above were notified of their appointments or pending nominations as appropriate, and (b) request that the Greffier of the States make the necessary provision for the election of Members to the States Employment Board at the next States meeting.
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States Employment Board: Appointments

States Employment Board

Constitution

Background

Article 5 of the Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005 (‘the Law’) concerns the membership of the States Employment Board (see Appendix).

The ordinary election in May 2018 and the appointment of a new Chief Minister on 7th June 2018 brought to an end the terms of the States Members that were serving on the States Employment Board (‘the SEB’).

Reconstitution of the States Employment Board is achieved in accordance with Article 5(1)(a) – (c) of the Law.

Appointments

The Chief Minister is understood to be ready to make the following ministerial appointments to the SEB –

Senator T.A. Vallois (Chair)

Connétable R.A. Buchanan, Assistant Chief Minister

Deputy S.J. Pinel, Minister for Treasury and Resources

Nominations

Full reconstitution of the SEB is achieved by the States, which elect two States Members who are neither Ministers nor Assistant Ministers to serve on the Board. It is understood that the Chief Minister wishes to nominate the following Members –

Connétable D.W. Mezbourian of St. Lawrence

Deputy G.J. Truscott of St. Brelade

Other nominations may be made on the floor of the Assembly. A vote is then taken without nomination speeches or questioning of candidates.

Recommendation

The Chief Minister is invited to confirm by way of a ministerial decision –

(a) his ministerial appointments to the SEB, and

(b) that he wishes to proceed with the election to the SEB of non-executive States Members as soon as practicable.

Business Manager

Chief Minister’s Office

26.06.2018

Appendix: Article 5 - Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005

5 Membership of States Employment Board

(1) The States Employment Board shall be constituted by –

(a) the Chief Minister, or another Minister who is nominated by the Chief Minister to be a member of the Board in his or her place;

(b) 2 other persons, each of whom –

(i) is a Minister or an Assistant Minister, and

(ii) is appointed in writing by the Chief Minister to be a member of the Board; and

(i) is neither a Minister nor an Assistant Minister, and

(ii) is elected by the States to be a member of the Board.

(2) The Chief Minister or, if the Chief Minister nominates a person under paragraph (1) to be a member of the Board in his or her place, that person, shall be the Chairman of the States Employment Board.

(3) A member of the States Employment Board shall hold office until a Chief Minister is appointed to office, under Article 19(7) of the States of Jersey Law 2005, following the next ordinary election, unless the member of the Board resigns or is removed from office earlier.