The Jersey Employment Tribunal (JET) has recently struck out a claim for redundancy and payment of notice brought by a worker contracted under a zero hours contract on the basis that he was not an ‘employee’ and was not therefore entitled to bring any claims under the Employment (Jersey) Law 2003 (the Law). The Applicant […]

Following public consultation in respect of the qualifying period for protection against unfair dismissal, the Employment Forum (the Forum) has recommended that the existing qualifying period should remain at 26 weeks. The Minister for Social Security has accepted the Forum’s recommendation and will not be proposing an amendment to the Employment (Jersey) Law 2003. In […]

You may have seen the recent local media coverage relating to the Report produced by Darren Newman (“Mr Newman”), independent employment law expert in the UK, following his review of the decisions of the Employment Tribunal in Jersey (“the Tribunal”) during 2012, which concluded that the Tribunal is fit for purpose. The Report was commissioned […]