Employment (Minimum Wage) (Amendment No. 9) (Jersey) Regulations 2013: Approved Training Definition

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A decision made 22 March 2013:

Decision Reference: MD-S-2013-0023
Decision Summary Title :	Approved Training		Date of Decision Summary:	20 March 2013
Decision Summary Author:	Policy Principal		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Minimum Wage Approved Training		Date of Written Report:	20 March 2013
Written Report Author:	Policy Principal		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Minimum Wage – Approved training for the purpose of the trainee rate
Decision(s): The Minister decided to approve in writing the training that will constitute ‘approved training’ for the purpose of the Employment (Minimum Wage) (Jersey) Regulations, 2004.
Reason(s) for Decision: The Employment (Minimum Wage) (Amendment No. 9) (Jersey) Regulations 2013 will amend the Employment (Minimum Wage) (Jersey) Regulations, 2004 (the ‘Minimum Wage Regulations’) from 1 April 2013 to provide that an employee may be paid a trainee rate for up to two years whilst they are undergoing ‘approved training’ in a new job. The Minimum Wage Regulations will provide that ‘approved training’ means training of a description or class that is approved in writing by the Minister for Social Security. Parts 1 and 2 of the written report set out the descriptions and classes of training that are approved by the Minister. The Jersey Advisory and Conciliation Service will provide guidance and advice. The Minister’s intention is that employers of different sizes and in different sectors should have sufficient flexibility, whilst ensuring that employees are paid the lower trainee rate only if they are being provided with relevant, formal training.
Resource Implications: There are no financial or manpower implications.
Action required: Policy Principal to notify the Jersey Advisory and Conciliation Service and the Social Security Back to Work and Compliance teams of the decision.
Signature:		Position: Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):