Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Jersey Channel Islands as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Jersey (Channel Islands): 2023 Minimum wage offset rates on employer-provided food and accommodations
With effect from January 2023, the maximum weekly offsets will be increased to: 1) 115 Jersey pounds (US$138) for accommodation; 2) 153 …
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Jersey (Channel Islands): Increase in the minimum wage (1st November 2022)
The minimum wage will rise to £10 …
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Jersey (Channel Islands): Call to increase minimum wage to £10
JERSEY (CHANNEL ISLANDS): The Jersey States Assembly has accepted for consideration Bill No …
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Jersey (Channel Islands): Business support extended to more sectors
More businesses will be able to claim financial support from the Co-Funded Payroll Scheme (CFPS) for January 2022 (to be made this month) …
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Jersey (Channel Islands): Minister proposes new minimum wage target
The Minimum wage is set to rise in January 2022, but the States (Parliament) is considering a longer-term “living wage” target …
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Jersey (Channel Islands): Minimum 20 minute work rest break approved
From the start of next year, all employees on the bailiwick of Jersey will be entitled to a minimum 20 minutes rest break, after six-hours work …
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Jersey (Channel Islands): Festival to mark 250th anniversary of Corn Riots
An additional public holiday will exist on Monday, 27th September 2021 …
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Jersey (Channel Islands): Work permit rules relaxed to help businesses recruit
Until 31st October, a business may engage a licensed or registered worker for a second job without additional official permission …
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Jersey (Channel Islands): Proposed annual leave increase and daily rest breaks for employees
Unlike on the UK mainland, employees in Jersey are only entitled to two weeks annual leave each year and are not entitled to the minimum 20 minute rest break if they work for more than six hours a day …
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Jersey (Channel Islands): Employment claims
There are very few employment claims that reach the employment tribunal hearing stage – due principally to intervention by the Jersey Advisory and Conciliation Service (JACS) …
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Jersey (Channel Islands): Married women could be taxed individually by 2022
The Ministry for Treasury and Resources has recently announced plans to tax couples independently from next year …
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Jersey (Channel Islands): Temporary 2% employee contributions reduction
Until 30th June 2021, employee social security contributions will be temporarily reduced by 2%, from 6% down to 4% …
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Jersey (Channel Islands): EU nationals to require visa for Jersey from 2021
The government of Jersey has announced immigration policies in response to Brexit on its government website. One of these is that EU nationals who plan to work, study, or settle in Jersey will have to apply for an appropriate visa from 1st January 2021.
Jersey (Channel Islands): New parental leave system to start in June despite calls for delay
The Social Security Minister has rejected calls from local employers to delay the introduction of new parental leave rights on the 28th of June 2020 …
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