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EMPLOYING YOUNG PEOPLE

There are fairly stringent employment guidelines for employing people under the age of 18. The minimum legal age for a young person to start paid work is 14, although in some areas local by-laws allow working at 13 for various jobs – check with your local authority.

In any event, young people of school age:

  • cannot work during school hours
  • cannot work before 7am or after 7pm
  • cannot work for more than 2 hours on any school weekday (maximum1 hr before school)
  • cannot work for more than 2 hrs on Sunday or more than 8 hours on Saturdays or school holidays (5 hrs if under 15)
  • cannot work more than 35 hrs in the holidays (or 25 if under 15)
  • should have a 2 week break during the school holidays
  • cannot work for more than 12 hrs in a school week

This legislation is constantly changing, too, so keep yourself updated (your Local Authority can help).

If you would like to download this document please click on one of the links below:

Employing Young People (Word Document 111Kb)
Employing Young People (PDF Document 112Kb)

Managing Staff

There are stringent guidelines relating to the employment of people of school age

You can get up-to-date information from your local authority or from the Department of Trade and industry website: http://www.dti.gov.uk/er