Government hope new guidance will help businesses

Jersey's government has relaxed guidelines and issued new guidance to help businesses apply for registered and licenced job permissions, it says.

Officials said an employer would now be able to get a licence for a full-time job with a salary of about £54,000, with the employee able to rent qualified accommodation.

For jobs with salaries of more than £60,000, the employee would also be able to rent or buy in the qualified market, while those on lower salaries could request a licensed permission, it added.

Deputy Carina Alves said the government had listened to local employers and "taken action to make the application process simpler and more transparent with new guidance setting out the rules".

Alves said it was important the government made it easy for businesses to take on staff.

She said: "For the first time, we have also published a list of jobs where the normal salary limits don't apply.

"As a former teacher, I am especially pleased to be able to expand licenced roles to include educational support staff and nursery workers."

Alves said extra healthcare roles were also included to make recruitment easier for healthcare providers.

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