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Working hours and rest breaks for workers aged 16 or 17 By law, workers aged 16 or 17 must not work more than 8 hours a day and 40 hours a week.
They must also have, as a minimum: a minute break if their working day is longer than 4. If a worker is aged under 16 Working hours for children under 16 years old are restricted. Night working Those aged 16 or 17 must not work after 10pm or before 7am. They can work until midnight or from 4am onwards if it's necessary in the following types of work: advertising agriculture a bakery catering a hospital or similar a hotel, pub or restaurant post or newspaper delivery retail But this is only if: there are no adult workers available to do the work working those hours will not have a negative effect on the young person's education or training If they do need to work after 10pm or before 7am, the employer must make sure the young worker: is supervised by one or more adult workers where necessary for their protection has enough rest at another time if they need to work during their normal rest breaks or rest periods It's against the law for anyone aged under 18 to work between midnight and 4am, even if they do one of the jobs above.
Pay for young workers Anyone employed and above school leaving age must get paid at least the National Minimum Wage. Keeping records of young workers' hours By law, employers must keep records of any young worker's: working hours — to make sure they're not working more than 8 hours a day and 40 hours a week night work, if they do any — to show they're not working during restricted hours health assessments offered before starting any night work and throughout their employment These records must be kept for 2 years from the date they were made.
Discrimination Age is a protected characteristic by law under the Equality Act. This means it's against the law to treat someone less favourably because of either: their age the age they appear to be Find out more about age discrimination.
Enter email address Sign up. Recruiting school leavers? We can help. Read more: How important is work experience? How to get work experience: traineeships. It provides students with the valuable opportunity to:. Students are placed with employers primarily to observe and learn — not to undertake activities which require extensive training or expertise.
All arrangements for work experience must comply with Ministerial Order Work Experience Arrangements and the accompanying arrangement forms must be used from the Resources tab. Schools must use this manual when planning for and conducting work experience arrangements.
Refer to:. The Work Experience Manual outlines all the steps required for work experience arrangements under Ministerial Order including:. The Work Experience Arrangement Form must be completed and signed before the work experience commences.
It must be signed by:. The Principal must ensure a copy of the signed Arrangement Form is provided to each party. The Principal should retain the original copy. Variations or amendments to the Arrangement Form may only be made in writing and must be signed by the:.
Prior to commencing work experience, students must satisfactorily complete occupational health and safety OHS training, either through:. It is the responsibility of the Principal to determine which OHS program is the most appropriate for the student to undertake. To create and maintain a child safe organisation, all Victorian schools must comply with Ministerial Order — Child Safe Standards. For assistance with queries relating to work experience arrangements, please contact the relevant organisation as outlined below.
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