Draft Code of Practice to be made under the Employment Relations (Jersey) Law 2007

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A decision made (18/09/2007) regarding: Draft Codes of Practice to be made under the Employment Relations (Jersey) Law 2007 - released for public representations.

Subject:	Draft Codes of Practice to be made under the Employment Relations (Jersey) Law 2007 released for public representations
Decision Reference:	MD-S-2007-0061		Exempt clause(s):	public
Type of Report: (oral or written)	n/a		Person Giving Report (if oral):	n/a
Telephone or e-mail Meeting?	n/a		Report File ref:	L:\General Information\ Workgroups\Policy\ Employment\Employment Relations Law\Code of practice\2007 Codes\Codes of practice draft7Sep07
Written report – Title
Written report – Author (name and job title)
Decision(s): The Minister decided to approve that the draft codes of practice which will be made under the Employment Relations (Jersey) Law 2007 should be issued for representations from the public.
Reason(s) for decision: The Employment Relations (Jersey) Law 2007 requires that before approving any codes of practice under that Law, a notice must have been published in the Jersey Gazette stating where and for how long (not less than 28 days) the codes of practice will be available for inspection and explaining that anyone may make representations to the Minister on those codes. The Gazette notice will specify the following - The Minister has decided to issue three such codes of practice on the matters of: The Recognition of Trade Unions Balloting and Conduct in Employment Disputes Resolving Collective Disputes. Copies of the draft Codes will be available on the Department’s website. www.gov.je/SocialSecurity/Reports/ Copies will be available free of charge, by post or email, from the Social Security Department, telephone 447203, email k.morel@gov.je, or may be collected from the Reception of the Social Security Department on La Motte Street. Representations on the draft codes must be received by the Department, either in writing to Kate Morel, PO Box 55, La Motte St, St Helier, JE4 8PE, by email to k.morel@gov.je, or may be made in person to the Minister by arrangement with the Department, tel. 447203, no later than Thursday 18th October 2007. Following consideration of any representations made to the Minister, the resulting codes of practice will be made available to the public and will come into force with the Employment Relations Law.
Action required: Publish the notice in the Gazette inviting representations from the public on the codes of practice.
Signature: (Minister/ Assistant Minister)		Date of Decision:

Draft Code of Practice to be made under the Employment Relations (Jersey) Law 2007 - released for public representations.

Information about the publication of Ministerial Decisions

A decision made (18/09/2007) regarding: Draft Codes of Practice to be made under the Employment Relations (Jersey) Law 2007 - released for public representations.