AI-assisted research summary: This law amends parts of the Employment (Jersey) Law 2003 and repeals the Terms of Employment (Jersey) Regulations 2004.
L.39/2005 Employment (Amendment) (Jersey) Law 2005 Arrangement Article 1 Interpretation . 869 2 Article 1 amended . 869 3 Article 10 amended . 869 4 Article 62 amended . 870 5 Article 73 amended . 870 6 Article 74 amended . 870 7 Article 88 amended . 870 8 Article 89 amended . 870 9 Article 90 amended . 870 10 Article 93 amended . 871 11 Article 97 amended . 871 12 Schedule 3 amended . 871 13 Schedule 4 amended . 871 14 Repeal 871 15 Citation . 871 Employment (Amendment) (Jersey) Law 2005 A LAW to amend the Employment (Jersey) Law 2003. Adopted by the States 17th May 2005 Sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in Council 15th November 2005 Registered by the Royal Court 23rd December 2005 THE STATES , subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law – 1 Interpretation In this Law, “the principal Law” means the Employment (Jersey) Law 2003 [1] . 2 Article 1 amended In Article 1(1) of the principal Law after the definition “employment dispute”, there shall be inserted the following definition – “ ‘Employment Forum’ means the body that, under Article 21, is to be regarded for the purposes of this Law as being the Employment Forum;”. 3 Article 10 amended (1) In Article 10(2) of the principal Law, after the words “If the employer and the employee so agree” there shall be inserted the words “in a relevant agreement”. (2) For Article 10(6) of the principal Law there shall be substituted the following paragraph – “(6) The States may by Regulations – (a) amend any of the periods of time, whether expressed in hours or days, mentioned in this Article; or (b) specify circumstances in which an employee shall not be entitled to a rest period under this Article.”. 4 Article 62 amended In Article 62(1)(b) of the principal Law, the words “for less than such continuous period of time as may be prescribed,” shall be deleted. 5 Article 73 amended (1) In Article 73(2) of the principal Law, after the word “Article” there shall be inserted the figures “65, 66,” (2) In Article 73(3) of the principal Law, after the words “at least two-thirds of the fixed term” there shall be inserted the words “or 13 weeks (whichever is the longer)”. 6 Article 74 amended In Article 74(2) of the principal Law, after the word “Article” there shall be inserted the figures“65, 66,”. 7 Article 88 amended After Article 88(4) of the principal Law there shall be inserted the following paragraph – “(5) However, no award shall, whether by way of – (a) a requirement as to the specific performance or specific implementation of a contract of employment; or (b) a requirement that a person should refrain from committing a breach or threatened breach of such a contract, have the effect of compelling an employee to do any work or attend at any place for the doing of any work.”. 8 Article 89 amended In Article 89(1)(c) of the principal Law, for the words “may appoint” there shall be substituted the word “appoint”. 9 Article 90 amended In Article 90 of the principal Law, paragraphs (9) and (10) shall be repealed. 10 Article 93 amended In Article 93(2) of the principal Law, after the word “may” there shall be inserted the words “(subject to Article 88(5))”. 11 Article 97 amended In Article 97(2) of the principal Law – (a) the words “there are”, in the second place where they appear, shall be deleted; (b) in sub-paragraph (a), before the word “records” there shall be inserted the words “there are”. 12 Schedule 3 amended In Schedule 3 to the principal Law, the words “ The Terms of Employment (Jersey) Regulations 2001 [2] ” shall be deleted. 13 Schedule 4 amended In Schedule 4 to the principal Law – (a) in paragraph 2, for the word “general” there shall be substituted the word “annual”; (b) paragraphs 4 and 9(2) shall be repealed; (c) in paragraph 9(3), the words “or (2)” shall be deleted. 14 Repeal The Terms of Employment (Jersey) Regulations 2004 [3] are repealed. 15 Citation This Law may be cited as the Employment (Amendment) (Jersey) Law 2005. a.h. harris Deputy Greffier of the States [1] chapter 05.255 [2] R&O.32/2001 [3] chapter 05.825