Wednesday April 21, 2021, 9:00 AM
Deputy Southern s proposition asked for the minimum wage to increase to £10 per hour by 2022. Credit: ITV Channel TV
States Members in Jersey last night voted to reject proposals by Deputy Geoff Southern to increase the minimum wage from its current level of £8.32 to £10 per hour by 2022.
What they did agree to, however, was to ask the Employment Forum, which proposes annual adjustments to the minimum wage, to examine the potential of the minimum wage rising to correspond with Jersey s living wage in due course.
The living wage is currently £10.96 per hour and takes account of the cost of living, taxes and benefits available to low income families.
Had Members agreed set the level of minimum wage for 2021 and 2022, they would have had to bypass the requirement of any adjustments going via the Employment Forum.
The Minister for Social Security had asked the Assembly to reject the proposition on the basis that consultation was already ong