Jersey Employment Tribunal: appointment of Members.

STATES OF JERSEY

JERSEY EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL: APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS

Lodged au Greffe on 19th December 2011 by the Minister for Social Security

STATES GREFFE

2011   Price code: A  P.190

PROPOSITION

THE STATES are asked to decide whether they are of opinion

to  appoint,  further  to  a  process  overseen  by  the  Jersey  Appointments Commission  and  in  accordance  with  the  Employment  Tribunal  (Jersey) Regulations  2005,  the  following  persons  as  members  of  the  Jersey Employment Tribunal, each for a period of 5 years from the dates indicated –

Mrs. Angela Swindell (1st February 2012) Mr. Ian Carr (1st February 2012)

Mr. Timothy Allen (1st April 2012).

MINISTER FOR SOCIAL SECURITY

REPORT

Background

The Employment Tribunal (Jersey) Regulations 2005 (as amended by the Employment Tribunal (Amendment No. 2) (Jersey) Regulations 2011) set out the composition of the  Jersey  Employment  Tribunal  and  the  terms  of  appointment  of  its  members. Members may hold office for 2 terms, each term not exceeding 5 years.

An Employment Tribunal Panel consists of a legally qualified Chairman with 2 Side Members; one from a pool of 8 "employee" representative Side Members who have knowledge or experience of or interest in trade unions or matters relating to employees generally, and one from a pool of 8 "employer" representative Side Members who have knowledge or experience of or interest in employers' associations, or matters relating to employers generally.

The recruitment of members must be overseen by, and conducted in accordance with, the  guidelines  produced  by  the  Jersey  Appointments  Commission.  Members  are appointed by the States on the recommendation of the Minister for Social Security, after consultation with the Jersey Appointments Commission.

The Employment Tribunal has 2 current vacancies and one forthcoming vacancy for Side Members. After a period of open recruitment and structured interviews that were chaired by a representative of the Appointments Commission, 3 new Side Members were proposed for the Minister's approval. The Minister is satisfied that the appointees have the required knowledge or experience.

It is proposed that initial terms of 5 years are offered, as follows –

• Mrs. Angela Swindell as an employee representative Side Member, from 1st February 2012.
• Mr. Ian Carr as an employer representative Side Member, from 1st February 2012.
• Mr. Tim Allen as an employer representative Side Member, from 1st April 2012, to replace a member who is resigning effective from 31st March 2012.

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Mrs. Angela Swindell

Having taught for over 30 years in a variety of schools, Mrs. Angela Swindell is currently retired, but is an occasional supply teacher. In her most recent employment, Mrs. Swindell  was  a  teacher  of  Geography  and  Religious  Education  at  Victoria College  from  1998  to  2010.  During  that  time,  Mrs. Swindell  was  President  and Negotiating Secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, Jersey, and was involved  in  the  negotiation  of  pay  settlements  and  terms  and  conditions  of employment.  During  that  time,  Mrs. Swindell  was  also  a  Victoria  College Housemaster  and  School  Governor.  Other  positions  that  Mrs. Swindell  has  held include: member of the Teachers and Officers Liaison Group, Chairman of the Jersey Teachers'  Panel  and  member  of  the  Education  Consultative  Council  which  she frequently chaired from the employee side.

Mr. Ian Carr

Mr. Ian Carr is the Managing Director of Carrdian Consulting Limited, an independent management consultancy business, and is a member of the Institute of Directors. From 1975 to 2011, Mr. Carr worked for Jersey Post, starting as a postman from 1975 to 1991, during which time he was a union official with the Communication Workers' Union and became the Jersey Branch Secretary in the late 1980s. On moving into management  in  1991,  Mr. Carr  progressed  through  a  number  of  operational management  positions,  and  was  ultimately  appointed  as  Group  Chief  Executive Officer in 2010. With over 400 employees at Jersey Post, Mr. Carr's experience has included staff management, engagement with trade unions, planning, redesign and introduction of new business processes. Recently, he was responsible for developing and  implementing  a  Strategic  Business  Transformation  Plan  to  secure  the  future sustainability of Jersey Post.

Mr. Tim Allen

Mr. Tim Allen has been employed at a senior level in the Law Officers' Department since  1999,  and  is  the  Director  of  Finance  and  Administration.  Mr. Allen  has experience  of  judicial  proceedings  and  human  resource  management  and,  as  the Accounting Officer for the Department, he is responsible for financial management. As a trained HAY job evaluator, Mr. Allen sits on evaluation appeal boards to review independently job evaluation decisions. Mr. Allen is also a trained investigator of workplace incidents, such as bullying and harassment, and is an assessor of candidates undertaking States of Jersey recruitment training. In his early career, Mr. Allen was a teacher of hearing-impaired children for 19 years, culminating in 1996 as Teacher in charge of the Partially Hearing Unit at Grainville School.