Minimum wage to go up to £13 per hour in Jersey from April 2025
ITV Channel's Fred Dimbleby reports on a rise in Jersey's minimum wage that is dividing businesses and charities
Jersey's minimum wage is set to increase to £13 per hour from April 2025.
It represents around a 12% rise from current threshold of £11.64 and is well above the UK Government's predicted National Living Wage for next year - expected to be somewhere between £11.61 and £12.18.
The change will be included in the island's employment law and a £20 million financial support package will be put in place to help businesses adjust to their higher staffing costs over the next two years.
This budget includes £7 million for the visitor economy and hospitality industry, a £6 million "productivity boost", £3 million for training and more than £2 million into the rural and marine sectors.
Jersey's Social Security Minister, Deputy Lyndsay Feltham, says this is a step towards a living wage with the island's minimum salary to be set at two thirds of the 2024 median hourly pay in April 2026 - estimated to be around £14.
She adds: "The transition to a living wage is an important priority of this Government as it directly supports many in our community who are most likely to be struggling with the cost of living."
Sustainable Economic Development Minister, Deputy Kirsten Morel, explains: "The Council of Ministers has committed to transitioning to a living wage.
"To support employers through this transition, we've designed a package to help organisations invest in themselves and help the island move to a more productive and resilient economy.
"Finer details of the package will be announced in the coming weeks and they will come into effect before the new minimum wage is introduced on 1 April 2025."
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