Treasury and Resources
Ministerial Decision Report
Restructuring Provision Funding for Workforce Modernisation
- Purpose of Report
To approve a non-recurring budget transfer of £269,991 in 2017 from the Restructuring Provision to the Chief Minister’s Department (CMD) revenue head of expenditure to fund Workforce Modernisation. In addition, the temporary FTE within CMD to increase by one for the duration of the funding.
- Background
A Restructuring Provision bid was presented to the Council of Ministers on 27th January 2016 seeking funding to support Workforce Modernisation during the 2016-2019 MTFP2 period. At that time, the Council agreed the 2016 funding and agreed in principle, the request for funding for 2017.
A Restructuring Provision bid was represented to the Council of Ministers on 9th March 2017 seeking funding to support Workforce Modernisation for 2017 (£269,991 for 2017 had previously been agreed in principle on 27th January 2016), in the sum of £269,991. The Council agreed the request for £269,991 that had previously been agreed in principle.
The table below sets out both the original and revised requests.
Business Case: Finances | Workforce Modernisation Programme |
MTFP2 Period | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Total |
COM Approved and In-Principal Approval | £753,000 | £269,991 | £0 | £0 | £1,022,991 |
Requested | £753,000 | £269,991 | £0 | £0 | £1,022,991 |
Underspend requested to be carried forward | -£506,233 | £506,233 | | | £0 |
| | | | Variance | £0 |
The fundamental purpose of Workforce Modernisation is to build a harmonised framework for pay, policies, terms and conditions that meets good practice and is compliant with the new (and imminent) legislation; rationalising over 20 pay structures to 5 through a new job evaluation method. The harmonising of policies, terms and conditions also ensures equal treatment across the workforce and will enable free movement across departments in response to changing customer and service needs.
3. Recommendation
The Minister is recommended to approve a non-recurring budget transfer of £269,991 in 2017 from the Restructuring Provision to the Chief Minister’s Department (CMD) revenue head of expenditure to fund Workforce Modernisation. In addition, the temporary FTE within CMD to increase by one for the duration of the funding.
4. Reason for Decision
Article 17(2) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that the Minister for Treasury and Resources is authorised to approve the transfer from contingency expenditure or the insurance fund of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year.
The current Contingency Allocation Policy (published as R.10/2012) sets the requirement for all allocations from Contingency to be considered by the Council of Ministers prior to submission to the Minister for approval.
To comply with P67/1999 which charges the Minister for Treasury and Resources to regulate the number of persons that may be employed by the States.
A Restructuring Provision bid was represented to the Council of Ministers on 9th March 2017 seeking funding to support Workforce Modernisation for 2017 (£269,991 for 2017 had previously been agreed in principle on 27th January 2016), in the sum of £269,991. The Council agreed the request for £269,991 that had previously been agreed in principle.
MD-C-2017-0056 was signed by the Deputy Chief Minister on 12th May 2017.
5. Resource Implications
The CMD revenue head of expenditure to increase by £269,991 in 2017. The Restructuring Provision revenue head of expenditure to decrease by an identical amount and the temporary FTE in CMD to increase by one providing a total temporary nine FTE supporting Workforce Modernisation.
This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for 2017 - 2019 in the Medium Term Financial Plan.
Report author : Head of Decision Support | Document date 24th May 2017 |
Quality Assurance / Review : Treasurer of the States | File name and path: L:\Treasury\Sections\Corporate Finance\Ministerial Decisions\DS, WR and SD\2017-00xx - PSR Workforce Modernisation |
MD sponsor : Treasurer of the States |