Following a question from Deputy Geoff Southern in the States, Deputy Susie Pinel said that she had spoken to the board of the Jersey Employment Trust and it had ‘withdrawn the threat of immediate redundancy’ to a small number of disabled employees.
Deputy Southern had asked the minister to confirm whether she had withdrawn funding for the trust, which had caused it to terminate the contracts of the workers.
In response, she said: ‘I can confirm that Jersey Employment Trust’s grant from Social Security for 2015 is set at the same level as the 2014 grant, and is worth £1.8 million. Discussions are ongoing in respect to the future level of the grant for 2016 and the following three years.’
