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STATES OF JERSEY
PUBLIC SECTOR MANPOWER REPORT: DECEMBER 2008
Presented to the States on 16th April 2009 by the Minister for Treasury and Resources
STATES GREFFE
2009 Price code: B R.39
REPORT
This report provides information about the numbers of people working for the States and delivering services to the people of Jersey. The report draws upon information from the integrated Human Resources Information System (HRIS) and delivers on the promise to report on manpower on a basis consistent with that required of the Private Sector.
HRIS produces manpower data that is more accurate than the previous method of recording headcount; in that individuals working in 2 or more posts, either in the same department or different departments across the States, were counted once for each job. The new HRIS has enabled the reporting to be refined to count these individuals only once. This is again in line with the way the Private Sector reports and will form the basis for reporting by the States going forward.
Manpower reporting is undertaken as at 30th June and 31st December each year. This report gives details of the number of people employed (headcount) within the Public Sector as at 31st December 2008 and the movements over the year from December 2007.
The HRIS system reported actual headcount as at 31st December 2008 of 6,654 compared to 6,629 at 31st December 2007, an increase of 25, or 0.03%. The movement is almost entirely a result of filling vacancies of existing posts.
The report excludes 2 areas of the States which are States trading operations, namely Jersey Airport and Jersey Harbours.
The Appendix details the actual numbers of permanent and contract J' Category employees, comparing the position at 31st December 2008 with that of 31st December 2007.
Overview
The bar chart below illustrates the proportional distribution of the 6,654 actual headcount by department.
Actual Headcount as at 31 December 2008
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Department Headcount
Headcount pays no regard to the amount of hours worked by an employee, but rather counts the number of people employed by the States; this is in line with the manpower reporting requirements for the Private Sector.
Table 1 below shows the actual headcount numbers for the year to 31st December 2008 and the primary reasons for any large increases or decreases in actuals.
APPENDIX J' Category Employee Analysis
The table below details J' Category employees for both permanent and non- permanent contracts and their movement between the December 2008 and December 2007 reporting period.
DEPARTMENT | Headcount Headcount | Change |
Dec 2008 Dec 2007 | ||
Chief Minister's Department Non Executive Departments Treasury and Resources Economic Development Planning and Environment Transport and Technical Services Health and Social Services Education, Sport and Culture Home Affairs Social Security | 8 8 7 8 13 10 4 3 11 12 2 2 421 523 179 247 14 18 2 1 | 0 -1 +3 +1 -1 0 -102 -68 -4 +1 |
Non-Traders Total | 661 832 | -171 |
The number of J' Category employees has fallen by 171 over the year to 31st December 2008. This is mainly a result of 2 departments:
Health and Social Services has reported a net reduction of 102 J' Category employees due to updating residential status at the beginning of last year, resulting in many staff becoming A-H' Category. In addition to this, the Department had ward closures and adjustment of numbers as staff members were redeployed and posts removed from the numbers. Also, the impact of specialist nurse vacancies towards the end of the year had skewed the figures as these J' Category staff that left reduced the number. However, they will be replaced so there may be a slight increase in 2009 once stabilised.
The Education, Sport and Culture Department have reported a net reduction of 68 J' Category employees. The Department stated that the main reason for the reduction is the reclassification of all J' Category employees with in excess of 10 years' service. Between December 2007 and December 2008, approximately 60 of the Department's employees were reclassified from J' Category to A-H' or Locally Qualified Status in accordance with the Housing Law.