Minimum wage consultation 2016

About the consultation

​The Employment Forum is reviewing the minimum wage and wants to know your views on what rate the minimum wage should be set at from 1 April 2017.

Current rates

The minimum wage is £6.97 per hour.

The minimum wage for a trainee in their first year of training is £5.23 per hour.

The minimum wage for a trainee in their second year of training is £6.10 per hour.

What we want you to comment on

We would like to hear your views about what rate the minimum wage should be set at from 1 April 2017.

We would particularly like to hear the views of businesses that employ staff at the minimum wage and employees who are paid at, or around, the minimum wage.

We also want to hear your views on the implications of increasing the minimum wage more significantly and more quickly going forward. 

Download minimum wage backg​round paper (size 371kb)​

Further information

For information about the minimum wage, use the guide on the Jersey Advisory and Conciliation Service (JACS) website.

Minimum wage guide on the JACS website

How to submit comments to the consultation

You can submit comments in the following ways:

• online
• by emailing the Employment Forum
• by post to P.O. Box 55, La Motte St, St Helier, JE4 8PE
• by meeting with the Forum by contacting the Forum Secretary

Complete online survey

Email Employment Forum​