P.2018/107 - Committee for Employment & Social Security
The States are asked to decide:
Whether, after consideration of the Policy Letter entitled 'Amendments to statutory Minimum Wage arrangements to come into force on 1st January 2019', dated 8th October 2018, they are of the opinion:-
1. To approve the Minimum Wage (Prescribed Rates and Qualifications) (Guernsey) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018 (as Appendix 1 to this Policy Letter), which pursuant to sections 1(3) and 3(1) of the Law, prescribe the hourly minimum wage rates set out below with effect from 1st January 2019:
- adult minimum wage rate: £8.10 per hour (for workers aged 18 and over), and
- young person's minimum wage rate: £7.50 per hour (for workers aged 16 and 17)
2. To note the proposals in the Policy Letter in respect of the Committee's medium term plan for increasing minimum wage levels.
The above Propositions have been submitted to Her Majesty's Procureur for advice on any legal or constitutional implications in accordance with Rule 4(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the States of Deliberation and their Committees.
