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Employment (Redundancy - Maximum Weekly Amount) (Amendment) (Jersey) Order 2013

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A decision made 6 September 2013:

Decision Reference: MD-S-2013-0083

Decision Summary Title :

Redundancy Pay Make Order

Date of Decision Summary:

2 September 2013

Decision Summary Author:

Policy Principal

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

NA

Written Report

Title :

Redundancy Pay Make Order

Date of Written Report:

2 September 2013

Written Report Author:

Policy Principal

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

Public

Subject: Employment (Redundancy – Maximum Weekly Amount) (Amendment) (Jersey) Order 2013

Decision(s): The Minister decided to make the Employment (Redundancy – Maximum Weekly Amount) (Amendment) (Jersey) Order 2013.

Reason(s) for Decision: The maximum value of a week’s pay for the purpose of calculating a redundancy payment is increased from £650 to £660 per week from 1 October 2013. The purpose is to reflect the level of mean weekly earnings that was reported in the June 2013 report on the Index of Average Earnings, published by the States of Jersey Statistics Unit in August 2013.

Resource Implications: There are no manpower implications. The Social Security benefit ‘insolvency benefit’ includes a component to compensate the former employees of insolvent employers for unpaid statutory redundancy pay. The Social Security (Jersey) Law 1974 provides that the redundancy pay component is calculated in accordance with the Employment (Jersey) Law 2003 and so the new maximum of £660 will also apply in respect of the benefit calculation. This is expected to bring a small additional cost of approximately £500 each year to the Social Security Fund.

Action required: Policy Principal to notify the Greffier of the States and the Law Draftsman that the Order has been made so that it may be notified to the States, and forward the signed and sealed Order immediately to the States Greffe for publication and archiving.

Signature:

 

 

Position:

 

 

Date Signed:

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

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