Bernard Flouquet. (0583481)

THE States is to review the way it deals with its employees in determining pay and conditions.
Deputy chief minister Bernard Flouquet has revealed that whether or not the Public Sector Remuneration Committee retained responsibility for negotiations in future would be decided by the House in a debate.
The announcement comes less than a week after a meeting of the Association of States Employees’ Organisation, which passed a motion to ask the Policy Council to implement a review of the constitution and structure of the PSRC by the end of the year.
The association had claimed the current manner in which the committee operated was an impediment to meeting States objectives of determining pay and conditions for its workers by collective bargaining. It felt that the States had created the situation by failing to implement the findings of two independent reports it had commissioned into its role as an employer.