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[Chucky Mama]

YS who is 15 wanted a job to earn some extra cash (he gets very little pocket money off us). I suggested he made a poster and some flyers to post through letterboxes in the village saying he was 15 and looking for odd jobs like lawn mowing etc. He now has so much work he is having to take the poster down He tells people they can pay him what they think the job is worth when he has finished. He get approx £15 per lawn, £10 for weeding, he is getting £75 for doing someone's chickens for a week (+ feeding the cat) x 2 and now the local pub has him on a retainer to do their garden paying by the hour for as many as he can do. He has just got a call to wait tables tonight and be a standby pot washer. So, any teenagers wanting to earn some extra cash, there seems to be plenty of odd jobs out there People seem really willing to give a young person willing to get off their backsides a chance.

[Egluntyne]

Marvellous. Just shows what you can achieve if you put your best efforts into it.

[sparkysmum]

Hey Chucky Mama, thats great news for your YS. My YD is the same age and is desperate for a holiday job too. So far she has only had age related knock backs but I like your poster/flyer idea and will pass it on to her. Hopefully she might get a good response too.

[Olly]

Good for him! As well as providing spending money, that is going to be be great on his CV/personal statement in future, and give him referees for future jobs (and good work ethic).

[freddie]

Just so you all know, all teens below the legal school leaving age (16), have to have a work permit. There is a fine if they don't look it up on Direct.Gov or put in teen work permit. they even have to have it for a paper round!!!!!!. What a load of rubbish but it's true. I've downloaded some for DD, as she has a couple of little jobs.

[freddie]

4. Local council rules for child employment permits

Most local councils say that businesses intending to employ school-aged children must apply for a child employment permit before they can be employed.

 

If a child is working without a child employment permit, there’s a risk that the employer won’t be insured against 
accidents involving the child.

 

Children don’t need a work permit for work experience arranged by their school.

 

Employers should contact their local council’s education department or education welfare service to find out if a child employment permit is needed.

[Chucky Mama]

classic

[LolaLayla]

Think this may be different in Scotland. I have copied the following from the Scottish Government website:-

Work:

From birth you can be employed as a performer

At 13 you can:

Be employed occasionally by parents doing light gardening or farming work subject to the local authority byelaws where you live

Be employed by other people doing light work specified in, and subject to, the local authority byelaws where you live ( e.g. your local newspaper shop to do a paper round)

At 14, you can be employed to do light work:

On weekdays or Sundays for 2 hours per day (but only 1 hour before school) between 7 am and 7 pm

On Saturdays or in school holidays for 5 hours per day

In school holidays for 25 hours per week

In school term time for 12 hours per week

At 15 you can do light work as at aged 14 but:

On Saturdays or in school holidays for 8 hours per day

In school holidays for 35 hours per week

At 16 you can get a full-time job and pay National Insurance

At 16 you can get the National Minimum Wage

At the rate for 16 and 17 year olds

At 18 you can generally get the National Minimum Wage

At the rate for 18 to 21 year olds

[The Dogmother]

Good for him CM

 

Rosie's had baby sitting and mother's help jobs through the holidays for the last year or so as she doesn't get any pocket money at home. She gets £5/hour, and baby sitting mustn't be on a school night, or after 10.30pm, I take her there and they bring her back.