| Department | Employment, Social Security and Housing |
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| Start date | 27/05/2015 |
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| End date | 22/07/2015 |
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| Type of consultation | Other |
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| Deadline for comments | 22/07/2015 |
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About the consultation
The Employment Forum is reviewing the minimum wage and wants to know your views on what rate the minimum wage should be set at from April 2016.
Current rates
The minimum wage is £6.78 per hour.
The minimum wage for a trainee in their first year of training is £5.09 per hour.
The minimum wage for a trainee in their second year of training is £5.93 per hour.
What we want you to comment on
We would like to hear your views about what rate the minimum wage should be set at from April 2016.
We would particularly like to hear the views of businesses that employ staff at the minimum wage and employees who are paid at, or around, the minimum wage.
Download minimum wage background paper (size 240kb)
Further information
For information about approved training, use the guide on the Jersey Advisory and Conciliation Service (JACS) website.
Minimum wage approved training on the JACS website
How to submit comments to the consultation
The consultation is now closed. The Employment Forum made the
following recommendation to the Minister for Social Security in September
2015.
Download the Forum's 2015 recommendation to the Minister (size 860 kb)
gov.je