Employment News
Raising Awareness with Employers on Employment and Disability
Guernsey Employment Trust (GET) have been commissioned by the Disability and Inclusion Strategy (within the Committee for Employment and Social Security) to raise awareness with Employers on Employment and Disability, providing guidance on good practice for the recruitment and retention [...]
Volunteers Week 2017
Volunteers' Week 2017 is nearly here. As in previous years, we are aiming for some great publicity about our local volunteers, and it is the ideal time for charities to also do something to say "thank-you" to their teams. [...]
New Opportunity to work at the Youth Commission as a Youth Worker
The Youth Commission have an exciting new opportunity. The Youth Commission is growing and we are currently seeking a Youth Worker. See the attached document for more details if this sounds of interest. If you know of someone who may be suitable, [...]
Operations Managers and Family Support Worker required at Wigwam
Would you like to make a Big difference to children with additional needs and their families? One of our member charities, Wigwam, are looking for two special people to join their amazing team - Operations Manager and Family Support Worker. [...]
Guernsey States of Deliberation
New guernsey states of deliberation Our new States of Deliberation are now in place and all the roles have now been filled. To assist our members in contacting the right people about the Disability and Inclusion Strategy as well as [...]
The GDA is recruiting!
We have a Marketing and Communications role open, to drive PR, the awareness campaigns and member communications. Interested parties must have exceptional writing skills, easily taking ideas and turning them into press releases, leaflets, newsletters etc. Hours and location of [...]
Guernsey Employment Trust – November Guest Speaker
Michael Evans, Chief Executive of Guernsey Employment Trust was GDA’s November Guest Speaker. He spoke about the range of employment services available for 16 - 67 year olds. GET have been running since May this year and have just moved [...]
Potential funding for charities from Social Security
Organisations within the voluntary and charitable sector could be given grants for projects Social Security thinks would aid the departments work under proposals to go before the States early next year. The suggestion will be included within Social Security's review [...]
Jersey follows Guernsey’s lead on discrimination
Following Commerce and Employment’s announcement in June that new employment discrimination laws for Guernsey would be prioritised in their 2012 business plan, Jersey has now followed suit - with the backing of local employers. In their very last debate before [...]
C&E consultation backs discrimination law
At the end of last year, Commerce and Employment published a public consultation on Employment Law. Under the current Guernsey law, only sex discrimination can be used as specific grounds for taking an employer to an employment tribunal - not [...]