States Employment Board: Appointment of Members

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A decision made on 5 December 2011:

Decision Reference: MD-C-2011-0148
Decision Summary Title :	States Employment Board Membership – appointment of Deputy A.K.F Green and Deputy E.J. Noel		Date of Decision Summary:	5th December 2011
Decision Summary Author:	Director of Human Resources		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Oral		Person Giving Oral Report:	Director of Human Resources
Written Report Title :	N/A		Date of Written Report:	N/A
Written Report Author:	N/A		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	N/A
Subject: States Employment Board Membership – appointment of Deputy A.K.F Green and Deputy E.J Noel
Decision(s): The Chief Minister, acting in accordance with Article 5(b) of the Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005, agreed to appoint Deputy A.K.F Green and Deputy E.J. Noel as members of the States Employment Board.
Reason(s) for Decision: Articles 5(a) and (b) of the Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005 cite that the States Employment Board shall be constituted by - a) the Chief Minister, or another Minister who is nominated by the Chief Minister to be a member of the Board in his or her place; b) 2 other persons, each of whom – (i) is a Minister or an Assistant Minister, and (ii) is appointed in writing by the Chief Minister to be a member of the Board; Accordingly, the Chief Minister wishes to confirm the appointment of Deputy A.K.F. Green, Minister for Housing, and Deputy E.J. Noel, Assistant Minister for Treasury and Resources, as members of the States of Employment Board. The States Assembly on 24th November 2011 also approved the appointment of Connétable D.W. Mezbourian and Deputy J.M. Le Bailly as members of the States Employment Board, in accordance with Article 5(c) of the same Law.
Resource Implications: There are no resource implications.
Action required: The Chief Minister will confirm with Deputy A.K.F Green and Deputy E.J. Noel their appointment to the States Employment Board.
Signature:		Position: Senator I.J. Gorst, Chief Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):