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A decision made (05/02/2008) regarding: Manual Workers' Joint Council - Employers' Side Membership.

Decision Reference: MD-C-2008-0004
Decision Summary Title :	DS – Manual Workers’ Joint Council – Employers’ Side Membership		Date of Decision Summary:
Decision Summary Author:	M J Pinel Head of Employee Relations Chief Minister’s Dept		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title :	WR - Manual Workers’ Joint Council – Employers’ Side Membership		Date of Written Report:	January, 2008
Written Report Author:	M J Pinel		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Manual Workers’ Joint Council – Employers’ Side Membership
Decision(s): The Chief Minister, having endorsed the recommendation of the States Employment Board concerning membership of the Employer’s side of the Manual Workers’ Joint Council for 2008, approved the report and proposition entitled, ‘Manual Workers’ Joint Council: Employer’s Side Membership’ and agreed that it should be lodged ‘au Greffe’ with a view to securing the earliest possible date for debate.
Reason(s) for Decision: In accordance with its Act of 1961, as amended in 2006, the States need to appoint their representatives on the Employers’ side for 2008
Resource Implications: None
Action required: Proposition to be forwarded to the Assistant Greffier of the States and the Publications Editor to arrange for it to be lodged “au Greffe” for consideration by the States as soon as possible
Signature:		Position: Chief Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Manual Workers' Joint Council - Employers' Side Membership.

STATES EMPLOYMENT BOARD

MANUAL WORKERS’ JOINT COUNCIL

EMPLOYERS’ SIDE MEMBERSHIP

The States Employment Board (SEB) is advised that the Employers’ Side membership of the Manual Workers’ Joint Council (MWJC) comprises four representatives of the States and one representative of the Constables of Jersey.

The Employers’ Side membership of the Manual Workers’ Joint Council for 2007 was:

Deputy Ian Gorst (Deputy of St Clement)
Deputy Alan Maclean (Deputy of St Helier)
Mr John Michael Pollard (Chief Executive, Health and Social Services)
Mr John Richardson (Chief Executive Officer, Transport and Technical Services)

For information, the representative of the Constables is Constable Simon Crowcroft, Constable of St Helier.

It is proposed that the membership of the Employers’ Side of MWJC for 2008 should be:

Deputy Ian Gorst (Deputy of St Clement)
Senator James Perchard
Mr John Michael Pollard (Chief Executive, Health and Social Services)
Mr John Richardson (Chief Executive Officer, Transport and Technical Services)

If the SEB is in agreement with this, it is asked that the attached proposition be put to the States at the earliest opportunity.

PROPOSITION

MANUAL WORKERS’ JOINT COUNCIL

EMPLOYERS’ SIDE MEMBERSHIP

The States are asked to decide whether they are of opinion –

In accordance with their Act dated 9th November 1961, as amended, concerning the membership of the Manual Workers’ Joint Council, to appoint the four representatives of the States to serve as members of the Employers’ Side of the Council for 2008, as follows –

Deputy Ian Joseph Gorst of St. Clement

Senator James Perchard

Mr John Michael Pollard, Chief Executive, Health and Social Services

Mr John Richardson, Chief Executive Officer, Transport and Technical Services

CHIEF MINISTER

Explanatory Note

The Employers’ Side membership comprises four representatives of the States and one representative of the Connetables.

The Employers’ Side represents the Executive in negotiations with the Transport and General Workers Union on Manual Workers’ pay and conditions of service. The nominations for the States’ representatives have been based on the fact that they are either Assistant Ministers or Chief Officers of departments employing significant numbers of Manual Workers.

Deputy Alan MacLean served on the Council in 2006 and 2007 and the States Employment Board is grateful to him for his service during this period. It is because he does not wish to continue that the Board seeks to appoint Senator Perchard, who is Assistant Minister for Health and Social Services, the States’ largest employing department.

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