Hello

We have just recruited a 16 year old within our workshop

He has started early so he can get an understanding of how the workshop operates etc prior to starting college in Septemebr

We have done a young person risk assessment and ensure he is 100% fully supervised etc etc

He has asked can he work overtime, having been through the regs am I write in thinking as long as he does not exceed 48 hours ?

Anyone with a clear understanding please make it simple for someone of my limited knowledge

TA

No but want to keep his enthusiasm up

Alan,

I draw your attention to this link

http://www.direct.gov.uk...bilitiesatwork/DG_174530

Bob

Don't forget the requirements of the Fire Safety Order (RRO):
Article 9 (1), (4) and (5) - plus,
Schedule 1, part 2

Refers to an additional RA when young person (< 18 years old) is employed

As an aside it's good to read of a young person who is keen to work and develop some experience.

Those of you who saw the TV programme (BBC1) "The Town that never retired" last week led by Nick Hewer and Margaret Mountford about the pros and cons of employing young jobseekers versus pensioners will have cringed at the sloppy irresponsible attitudes and behaviours demonstrated by some of the young (alleged) jobseekers temporarily taken on by different employers and filmed for the programme. One young man only worked a morning at a factory before heading home at lunchtime (allegedly with a stomach upset) and didn't bother to let his employer know. Another jobseeker did a stint at a restaurant but didn't arrive next day. Moreover, she didn't think there was any need to let the employer know she couldn't come - also because of a stomach upset - allegedly. Perhaps they were really actors who were good at portraying feckless young people for the sake of an interesting semi-entertaining documentary. However, if they were real jobseekers, surely the fact that they knew they were being filmed for a national TV programme ought to have had some influence on their behaviour, etc.

Better stop now before anyone tries to sign me up as a columnist for any 'daily wail' type newspapers with readers who need a regular diet of whinge-style articles to feed their craving for indignation! :-)