Employment (Minimum Wage) (Amendment No. 9) (Jersey) Regulations 2013


Employment (Minimum Wage) (Amendment No. 9) (Jersey) Regulations 2013

Made                                                                        19th March 2013

Coming into force                                                          1st April 2013

THE STATES, in pursuance of Articles 17, 18 and 104 of the Employment (Jersey) Law 2003[1], have made the following Regulations –

1        Interpretation

In these Regulations, “principal Regulations” means the Employment (Minimum Wage) (Jersey) Regulations 2004[2].

2        Regulation 1 amended

In Regulation 1 of the principal Regulations –

(a)     the definition “accredited training” shall be deleted;

(b)     after the definition “allowance” there shall be inserted the following definition –

“ ‘approved training’ means training of a description or class that is approved in writing by the Minister for the purposes of these Regulations;”;

(c)     for the definition “trainee” there shall be substituted the following definition –

“ ‘trainee’ means an employee of any age at any time whilst, during the first 2 years of his or her employment by his or her employer in a particular job, and by written agreement with his or her employer, the employee is undergoing approved training for that job (irrespective of whether the employee has previously been employed by the employer in another job).”.

3        Heading to Regulation 4 amended

In the heading to Regulation 4, for the words “a different rate” there shall be substituted the words “different rates”.

4        Regulation 9 substituted

For Regulation 9 of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following Regulation –

(1)     Where the employer provides food and living accommodation, the amount to which Regulations 7(1)(d) and 8(1)(g) refer is –

(a)     in the case of an employee who is a trainee, £71.47 per week or £10.21 per day; and

(b)     in any other case, £95.29 per week or £13.61 per day.

(2)     Where the employer provides living accommodation but does not provide food, the amount to which Regulations 7(1)(d) and 8(1)(g) refer is –

(a)     in the case of an employee who is a trainee, £53.60 per week or £7.66 per day; and

(b)     in any other case, £71.47 per week or £10.21 per day.”.

5        Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Employment (Minimum Wage) (Amendment No. 9) (Jersey) Regulations 2013 and shall come into force on 1st April 2013.

m.n. de la haye

Greffier of the States

 


 



[1]                                    chapter 05.255

[2]                                    chapter 05.255.45


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