Jersey Appointment's Commission: Annual Report 2008

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A decision made (07.09.2009) to agree that the Annual Report of the Appointments Commission for the year 2008 should be presented to the States Assembly.

Decision Reference:
Decision Summary Title :	DS – Presentation of Jersey Appointment’s Commission’s Annual Report for 2008 to members of the States of Jersey		Date of Decision Summary:	4 September 2009
Decision Summary Author:	Senior Human Resources Manager, Chief Minister’s Department		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	WR – Jersey Appointments Commission – Annual Report for 2008		Date of Written Report:	July 2009
Written Report Author:	Chairman of Jersey Appointments Commission		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Presentation of Jersey Appointment’s Commission’s Annual Report for 2008 to members of the States of Jersey
Decision(s): The Chief Minister agreed that the Annual Report of the Appointments Commission for the year 2008 should be presented to the States Assembly.
Reason(s) for Decision: Under the Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005, Part 4, Paragraph 28, the Jersey Appointments Commission has the function of overseeing the recruitment of States’ employees or appointees. Within this function, the Commission is directed to prepare and deliver to the States Employment Board annual reports and the Chief Minister shall, within 30 days of a report being received by the SEB, lay the report before the States. The States Employment Board received the Jersey Appointments Commission’s Annual Report for 2008 on 24 July 2009.
Resource Implications: Printing costs approximately £274
Action required: On behalf of the Chief Minister, the States Greffe is requested to distribute the Jersey Appointments Commission’s Annual Report for 2008 to all States members and to place the Report on the States website.
Signature:		Position: Chief Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):