Treasury and Resources
Report on Public Sector Manpower
June 2008
This report provides information about the numbers of people working for the States and delivering services to the people of Jersey. It is the second report drawing upon information from the new integrated Human Resources Information System (HRIS) and delivers on the promise to report on manpower on a basis consistent with that required of the Private Sector.
HRIS produces manpower data that is more accurate in that the previous method of recording headcount meant that individuals working in two or more posts either in the same department or different departments across the States were counted once for each job. The new HRIS has enabled the reporting to be refined to count these individuals only once. This is again in line with the way the Private Sector reports and will form the basis for reporting by the States going forward.
Manpower reporting is undertaken as at 30 June and 31 December each year. This report gives details of the number of people employed (headcount) within the Public Sector as at 30 June 2008 and the movement since the last report for December 2007.
The HRIS system reported actual headcount as at 30 June 2008 at 6,730 compared to 6,629 at 31 December 2007, an increase of 101 or 1.5%. The movement is almost entirely a result of filling vacancies of existing posts.
The report excludes two areas of the States which are States trading operations, namely Jersey Airport and Jersey Harbours.
Appendix A details the actual numbers of permanent and contract J Category employees comparing the position at 30 June 2007 with that of 30 June 2008.
Overview
The bar chart below illustrates the proportional distribution of the 6,730 actual headcount by department.
Department Headcount
Headcount pays no regard to the amount of hours worked by an employee, but rather counts the number of people employed by the States; this is in line with the manpower reporting requirements for the Private Sector.
Table 1 below shows the actual headcount numbers for the year to 30 June 2008 and the primary reasons for any large increases or decreases in actuals.
Table 1
Appendix A
‘J’ Category Employee Analysis
The table below details ‘J’ Category employees for both permanent and non permanent contracts and their movement between the June 2008 and June 2007 reporting period.
The number of J Category employees has fallen by 42 over the year to 30 June 2008. This is mainly a result of the Education Sport and Culture Department who have reported a net reduction of 47 J Category employees. The Department stated that the main reason for the reduction is the reclassification of all J Category employees with in excess of ten years service. Between December 2007 and June 2008 approximately 60 of the Department’s employees were reclassified from J Category to A-H or Locally Qualified Status in accordance with the Housing Law.