Trainers of Iraqi police exploit Jersey jobs law

Saturday 28th April 2007, 12:00AM BST.

A PRIVATE security firm training Iraqi police recruits is using a gap in Jersey’s Employment Law to avoid having to make redundancy payments to staff.

ArmorGroup employ police trainers through a Jersey-registered company, placing them under the jurisdiction of Jersey’s employment legislation. But Jersey’s Employment Law covers only people employed in the Island, so because the trainers work in Iraq they get no protection. For the past three years ArmorGroup has been contracted by the UK government to train and assist the Iraqi police service in southern Iraq and Baghdad. The redundancy issue was raised during a Westminster Hall debate in the House of Commons this week when the MP of a police trainer made redundant 24 days into a six-month contract raised it with Minister of State for Trade Ian McCartney MP.

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