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Minimum Wage
Jersey Minimum Wage April 2013
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013In Jersey, The Employment Forum is modelled on the UK’s Low Pay Commission with a remit to provide employment-related advice to the Social Security Minister. This includes recommendations on future Minimum Wage rates. On 29 October 2012, the Forum published its recommendations. In accordance with the Employment (Jersey) Law 2003, the Minister needs to justify [...]
Guernsey Minimum Wage Consultation
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013The Minimum Wage (Guernsey) Law 2009 came into force on 01 October 2010. From this date, all qualifying workers gained a Statutory right to be paid a minimum hourly rate. For information, the current rates, set by the Commerce and Employment Department, are as follows, effective 01 October 2012: 01 October 2012 Adult Minimum [...]
National Minimum Wage 2012 – Reminder
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012In March, we advised that the Government had accepted proposals from the Low Pay Commission for the National Minimum Wage rates that will apply from the first ‘pay reference period’ that starts on or after Monday 01 October 2012. The main rates will be as follows: NMW hourly rates October 2011 October 2012 Workers above [...]
Low Pay Commission Consults
Monday, August 6th, 2012In July 2012, we advised that the Low Pay Commission (LPC) had been asked by the Government to submit its report on National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates for 2013 by February 2013. This report is based on data collected via a number of different methods, including public meetings and written consultations. The report must be [...]
National Minimum Wage 2012 (and 2013)
Sunday, July 1st, 2012In March, we advised that the Government had accepted proposals from the Low Pay Commission for the National Minimum Wage rates that will apply from the first ‘pay reference period’ that starts on or after Monday 01 October 2012. The main rates will be as follows: NMW hourly rates October 2011 October 2012 Workers above [...]
National Minimum Wage 2012
Monday, March 19th, 2012In our Newsletter last week, we advised that the Low Pay Commission had reported to the Chancellor giving advice on the National Minimum Wage rate for 2012. On 19 March 2012, the Commission confirmed that the Government had accepted its proposals which will apply from the first ‘pay reference period’ that starts on or after [...]
UK National Minimum Wage
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012The Low Pay Commission was established in 1998 as a result of the National Minimum Wage Act. One of its roles as an independent statutory, non-departmental public body is to advise the Government about the National Minimum Wage and make recommendations. The remit of the Commission is to report to the Prime Minister and the [...]
Jersey Minimum Wage Rates
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012Whilst we are on the subject of Minimum Wages…. The Employment Forum consulted in 2011 looking at the economic impact of the Minimum Wage in Jersey. Its role is to provide recommendations to the Social Security Minister regarding any changes to be made and the method used for any uprating. The Forum released its recommendation [...]
Guidance on minimum wage entitlements for work experience and internships
Friday, September 23rd, 2011Persons engaged on work experience placements are entitled to the national minimum wage unless the employer can demonstrate that they are volunteers or a specific exemption applies. The Business Link website section on the National Minimum Wage (NMW) has been updated to include specific guidance about “work experience” placements and internships. Businesses that offer work [...]
Republic of Ireland – Reduction in the national minimum wage from February 2011
Friday, January 21st, 2011The new national minimum hourly wage rate of €7.65 will come into effect on February 1 following the signing of the order on 19 January. This is reduction of €1 on the current rate of €8.65. The latest data from the Central Statistics Office shows that about 47,000 workers, or 3.1% of the employed labour [...]
Naming and shaming minimum wage offenders
Thursday, January 13th, 2011The Low Pay Commission, in its 2009 Report, recommended that a “name and shame” policy be put in place to expose those employers who show a wilful disregard for the National Minimum Wage (NMW). On 30 September 2010, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) announced that such a scheme would be introduced from [...]
NMW and travel and subsistence expenses schemes
Friday, December 31st, 2010Alongside the 2009 Pre-Budget Report, the Government announced that it intended to address the problem of potentially exploitative salary sacrifice arrangements that are implemented for some temporary workers paid at or near the National Minimum Wage (NMW). On 11 February 2010, HM Treasury published a consultation document, entitled National Minimum Wage workers: Travel and subsistence [...]
Consultation on draft legislation for Finance Bill 2011
Friday, December 17th, 2010The policy of the Coalition government is to confirm most of its new tax measures at least three months before the introduction of a Finance Bill. The draft text of the legislation that will appear in the Finance Bill 2011 was published on 9 December and is open for technical comment until 9 February 2011. [...]
Questions from our forum 07/12/10
Monday, December 6th, 2010Each week we receive a number of payroll questions on our forum, and here are this week’s batch. Can you help with any answers? Forum Posts: Holiday Pay Entitlement/Accrual for Rec Agencies Have noticed much input on Holiday Accrual and Holiday Pay Accrual and read with interest previous advice and posts that have been made. [...]
Government guidance for employers on statutory employment rights
Friday, October 15th, 2010The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has published an 8-page booklet providing general guidance for employers on the working time rules, the national minimum wage and agricultural minimum wages, and on the rules applicable to gangmasters and employment agencies. Links are provided to more detailed information available on the Business Link website. Further [...]
Jersey – Social Security Minister approves Employment Forum’s minimum wage rate recommendations
Friday, October 15th, 2010We reported last week the recommendations of the Employment Forum for increases to the minimum wage by 2% from 1 April 2011. The Social Security Minister has promptly approved all of the recommendations, as follows: minimum wage increase from £6.20 to £6.32 per hour trainee minimum rate increase from £4.65 to £4.74 increases in the [...]
Employers paying less than the minimum wage to be named and shamed from January 2011
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010The Low Pay Commission, in its 2009 Report, recommended that a “name and shame” policy be put in place to expose those employers who show a wilful disregard for the National Minimum Wage (NMW). The government of the time accepted that more should be done to publicise employers that try to cheat their workers and [...]
Discussions under way to abolish Agricultural Wages Board and bring agricultural workers within the National Minimum Wage
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010In its published evidence to the Low Pay Commission, the Government has commented on its proposals to abolish the Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales. It considers that the current system of setting separate rates for agricultural workers is out-dated; it duplicates the NMW and adds an unnecessary regulatory burden for the agriculture and [...]
Guernsey – New minimum wage law comes into force
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010The Minimum Wage (Guernsey) (Law), 2009 came into force on 1 October 2010 and, from that date, workers must not be paid less than the approved hourly rate, namely £4.25 for workers up to age 18 and £6 for those age 19 and above. Further information: Employment Guide: Statutory Minimum Wage
Proposal to increase Jersey minimum hourly wage rate to £6.32
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010The Employment Forum has recommended that the minimum wage should increase to £6.32 per hour from 1 April next year. The new rate, up 2% from £6.20, represents 40.15% of average weekly earnings, a minor increase towards the States’ target of 45%. The forum also recommended: no lower minimum wage for young people aged 16 [...]
