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As the number of Islanders vaccinated against Covid-19 increases and the number of people infected remains at a low figure, Jersey is progressing with its reconnection plan...

In June 2024, the Employment Forum (which is the statutory employment law consultation body in Jersey) produced a report and recommendations on the compensation awards regime in Jersey.

On 1 September 2015 significant new employment rights will come into force in Jersey aimed at supporting families and gender equality.

Advocate Edward Drummond, assisted by Sonia Minns and Victoria Ramos, recently acted for the Little Sisters of the Poor in their successful defence of claims brought by a former employee

In June 2024, the Employment Forum produced a report and recommendations on the compensation awards regime in Jersey. The Minister for Social Security accepted the recommendations and requested law drafting.

The tribunal found in this case that the claimant's offer to extend her notice period clashed with her claim of unfair dismissal.

Islanders who have been awarded compensation by the Jersey Employment Tribunal now have the assurance that they can personally pursue recovery of their awards in the courts.

The termination of an employment contract is often described as being like a divorce if things don't go well; particularly so when post termination restrictions are involved.

The States of Jersey have voted to overhaul the current compensatory regime for employment cases and strengthen employees' rights in Jersey.

In the UK and Isle of Man, a costs order may be made by an Employment Tribunal to cover associated hearing costs of a party.

A recent decision of the Jersey Employment and Discrimination Tribunal has highlighted the challenges faced by employees bringing constructive dismissal claims.

Following recommendations from the Employment Forum, the States of Jersey has now published the draft Employment and Discrimination (Jersey) Amendment Law...

The Jersey Royal Court has recently held that the damages available for wrongful dismissal, may not, in some circumstances, be limited to compensation for the contractual notice period.

You may often hear of someone waiting too long to bring a claim of unfair dismissal and then discovering the window of opportunity has passed, causing the claim to be "timebarred".

The Minister for Social Security of the States of Jersey has accepted the recommendation of the Employment Forum in the report it produced and presented on 14 June 2013.

There has been much local comment and some criticism of the Jersey Employment Tribunal since 8 January this year, when the Royal Court handed down a judgment which overturned a decision on unfair dismissal made by the Tribunal in July 2013.

Under Article 77A of the Employment (Jersey) Law 2003 where the Employment Tribunal finds that an employee was unfairly dismissed, it has the power to award compensation.

One of the key differences between Jersey employment law and that of the UK or Guernsey is in respect of holiday entitlements - a subject squarely at the top of many HR leaders' agendas...