Employee contracts (FOI)

Request

Please could you provide me with the following information in relation to [names redacted]

The type of contract they are on with start dates with or for the States of Jersey CYPES / Health / Children’s Service and the length of contract?

The monthly pay all three are receiving broken down by individuals?

The amount spent on their travel including taxis, flights and accommodation paid for by states of Jersey during their work to date?

If external consultants, who signed off their contract?

Response

Two individuals are on consultancy contracts for service, one individual is an interim. Contracts started between April and June 2018.

All were contracted under the States of Jersey Financial directions process and signed off in accordance with the said directions. At this point, the contracts are active and are expected to be so through 2019.

Monthly costs vary dependent upon the number of days work undertaken in a month but an average cost per month for remuneration of the three individuals is £42,400 and travel and expenses are £4,722.

Article 25 and Article 39 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 have been applied given the commercial nature of the relationship between the States of Jersey and the individuals. Data has therefore been provided on an aggregate basis.

Articles applied

Article 25 Personal information

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018.

(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018; and

(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.

Article 39 Employment

Information is qualified exempt information if its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice pay or conditions negotiations that are being held between a public authority and –

(a) an employee or prospective employee of the authority; or

(b) representatives of the employees of the authority.