Woolworths Employees: Payment of Statutory Notice Periods.

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A decision made (06/02/2009) regarding: Woolworths Employees: Payment of Statutory Notice Periods.

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2009-0021
Decision Summary Title:	Woolworths Employees: Payment of Statutory Notice Periods		Date of Decision Summary:	6th February 2009
Decision Summary Author:	Kevin Hemmings Head of Decision Support		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Oral		Person Giving Oral Report:	Kevin Hemmings Head of Decision Support
Written Report Title:	Woolworths Employees: Payment of Statutory Notice Periods		Date of Written Report:	6th February 2009
Written Report Author:	N/A		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	N/A
Subject: Woolworths Employees: Payment of Statutory Notice Periods
Decision(s): The Minister decided to prioritise the use of departments’ 2008 underspends against budget to meet the costs of implementation of P9/2009.
Reason(s) for Decision: Following States approval of P9/2009 there is a need for the Minister to identify appropriate funding to implement that decision. The Minister has decided to prioritise the use of departments’ 2008 underspends against budget to meet those costs. This decision replaces that of MD-TR-2009-0016 which now falls. Article 15(1) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 provides that all or any part of the money appropriated to a head of expenditure may, with the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources, be withdrawn from the consolidated fund after the end of the relevant financial year i.e. carried forward into the following year (this only applies to revenue expenditure).
Resource Implications: Financial Implications are as set out in P9/2009. Further advance expenditure will be necessary to recover funds via legal action. This is not fully quantified at this stage but will be made available from 2008 underspends.
Action required: Head of Decision Support to notify the Minister for Social Security that departments’ 2008 underspends will be prioritised in order to implement P9/2009.
Signature:		Position: Senator P F C Ozouf, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed: 6th February 2009		Date of Decision: 6th February 2009