JERSEY businesses will have additional hurdles to jump in order to renew their three-year staffing licences.
Firms will in future be asked by Regulation of Undertakings to provide evidence that they are benefitting the community, acting responsibility to conserve resources, using resources outside the Island wherever possible and training their staff.
Economic Development Minister Philip Ozouf said that he would be encouraging firms to outsource ‘back office’ tasks to jurisdictions like India because of concerns over population growth.
The latest population statistics show that there were 90,800 residents living in the Island at the end of last year – a 1,400 increase over the year. Of this increase, 80 per cent were migrants moving to the Island, driven by increased employment in the private sector.
Senator Ozouf said that they would be looking at the travel plans of big employers, to see if they were minimising the impact on the environment, for instance car sharing, and flexible working, to take the pressure off the traffic on the roads. Other must-haves will be evidence of recycling, and training of staff.
