TAX increases or job losses are the only way the States can afford cost-of-living pay rises for public-sector staff, the vice chairman of the States Employment Board has said as swathes of civil servants prepare to strike next week.
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Schools could close following civil servants’ strike decision
JERSEY schools could close in a week’s time following the decision of civil servants’ unions to go on strike.
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Performance-related pay for public sector staff?
PERFORMANCE-related pay and moves to ensure that men and women are being paid equally are being considered for the public sector.
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Haulage bosses demand meeting with ministers over Brexit border fears
Eight organisations including the Road Haulage Association fear the UK-EU supply chain will be ‘severely disrupted’ next year.
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States Members accused of ‘ignorance’ over retail tax
STATES Members who voted against halving the retail tax have been accused of ‘ignorance’ and failing to listen to the views of business experts.
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Health staff pay awards scrapped in £750K ‘error’
MORE than 120 Health staff are to have 2017 pay awards rescinded after a report found the increases were ‘not appropriate’ – in a mistake that will cost taxpayers around £750,000.
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New hospital location is back on the agenda
ALTERNATIVE sites for the new hospital should be put back to the States, a panel reviewing the build has found.
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Ministers’ priorities to be revealed in Strategic Plan
ISLANDERS are this week due to learn what the key priorities for Jersey’s new government will be over the next four years when the Council of Ministers lodges its Strategic Plan.
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Workers to be balloted on strikes this week
PUBLIC-sector workers are due to be balloted over strike action this week as gridlock in the ongoing pay dispute between the States and its employees continues.
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Criticism of parish system on minister’s blog rejected
DIVISIONS have emerged in the Council of Ministers after one member claimed that the parish system needs to ‘modernise and get with the times, or become an irrelevancy’.
