Employees by residential status and age

Number of employed people by residential status and age. The categories of residential status under the Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law 2012 (CHWL) are:

• 'entitled' and 'entitled to work' (both formerly 'locally qualified')

  • 'entitled' covers people who have lived in Jersey for ten years

  • 'entitled to work' covers people who have lived in Jersey for five years, or are married to someone who is 'entitled', 'licensed', or 'entitled for work​

• 'licensed' (formerly 'j-category') covers 'essential employees'

• 'registered' (formerly 'non-qualified') covers employees not covered by 'entitled', 'entitled to work', and 'licensed' status

• 'exempt' status covers staff who have registered residential status but their employer is exempt from counting them as such for business licencing purposes

Note that employees who are licensed in their primary job have entitled for work status for the purposes of any additional jobs, so that additional employers do not require a licensed permission to employ them. Further details on residential statuses are available on gov.je and in the CHWL where they are defined.