Significant Changes Proposed For Jersey's Employment Law

Key takeaways

• Mandatory written reasons for dismissal: New day one employment right for employees to be provided with the written reasons for their dismissal within seven days of their employment ending.

• Increase to discrimination awards: The maximum compensation for discrimination claims will be significantly increased to the lesser of £30,000 or 52 weeks' pay per complaint.

• Enhanced compensation for unfair dismissal: Tribunal may now have regard to employer conduct when making an award for unfair dismissal – awards can be increased up to 25% if the Tribunal considers employer conduct to have been unreasonable.

• New bands for unfair dismissal: Two new compensation bands for employees with long service to be introduced, namely 31 weeks' pay for between 10 and 15 years' service and 36 weeks' pay for 15 plus years' service.