Legal Vacancies

Employment and Discrimination Tribunal - Chair, Deputy Chair, Employee/Employer Representative Side Members

The Employment and Discrimination Tribunal is currently seeking to appoint members to hear work-related claims made under the employment and discrimination laws including unfair dismissal, unpaid wages and claims of discrimination in the workplace.

We wish to recruit:

• Chair
• Deputy Chair
• Employee Representative Side Member
• 2 Employer Representative Side Members

 We are an equal opportunities employer and value diversity and inclusion.

 Chair:

• You must have a current certificate to practise as a lawyer (or equivalent), an interest in employment and discrimination matters and an understanding of judicial processes.
• You must be available for approximately 50 days each year for hearings and be flexible to commit time to administration.
• Remuneration per day for Tribunal Hearings – £736.

Deputy Chair:

• You must have a current certificate to practice as a lawyer (or equivalent), an interest in employment and discrimination matters and an understanding of judicial processes.
• You must be available for approximately 30 days each year for hearings.
• Remuneration per day for Tribunal Hearings – £552.

Employee / Employer Representative Side Member:

• Employee – you must have knowledge or experience of employment and discrimination matters from an employee perspective, for example, as a trade union or staff association representative.
• Employer – you must have knowledge or experience of employment and discrimination matters from an employer perspective, for example, as a business owner or member of an employer’s association.

 You must be available for approximately 10 days each year.

 Remuneration per day for Tribunal Hearings - £97

All applicants should have the following skills and experience:

• Experience of reaching sound and impartial decisions putting personal views aside;
• Good listening and communication skills;
• The ability to assimilate large volumes of information; and
• The ability to work co-operatively with other Tribunal Members in reaching decisions as part of a panel.

Training in Tribunal skills and the relevant legislation will be provided.

For more information and to apply online please see:

https://www.gov.je/Working/JobCareerAdvice/Pages/JobDetails.aspx?JobID=81181&JobTypeID=19

The deadline for applying is 9^th October 2020, shortlisting and interviews will take place mid to late October.

 If you require any further information, please contact Nic Turner at n.turner@gov.je

 

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Interested..?

For more information or to apply for this job please contact:

Nic Turner
n.turner@gov.je