The States are asked to decide: Whether, after consideration of the Policy Letter entitled ‘Amendments to Statutory Minimum Wage Arrangements to Come into Force on 1st October 2026’, dated 8th June 2026, they are of the opinion: 1. To approve the Minimum Wage (Prescribed Rates and Qualifications) (Guernsey) (Amendment) Regulations, 2026 (as set out in Appendix 1 to this Policy Letter), which, pursuant to sections 1(3) and 3(1) of the Minimum Wage (Guernsey) Law, 2009, prescribe the hourly minimum wage rates set out below with effect from 1st October 2026: a. Adult Minimum Wage Rate: £13.10 per hour (for workers aged 18 and over), and b. Young Persons’ Minimum Wage Rate: £11.80 per hour (for workers aged 16 and 17).
