Does anyone know about the legal age of any type of work?
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Ok, so im 14..and i know i can get a paperround, but that isn't really an option where i live. But i would like to earn a bit of money. People in my year have 'jobs' -i have heard them vaguely talk about them..does anyone know WHAT i wold be alowwed to do or for how LONG or how much i would get paid. Thanks.
Also there is a Cattery and Kennels next to where i live..do you think i could get anything there, or is it pointless even asking.
Also there is a Cattery and Kennels next to where i live..do you think i could get anything there, or is it pointless even asking.
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This may explain.
Of course you can ask the kennel/cattery. The worst think they can do is say no.
Depends if you get paid cash in hand or not - I remember working before I was 16, but looking back on it, I realise now it was all a bit dodgy.
oohh..thanks, yeh i suppose, i'm quite a shy person when it comes to asking people i don't know. Thanks for that website!
mm..yeh. Well i wouldn't be earning that much so i suppose it would be cash? I don't know
The reason they paid me cash, was to avoid tax, and i didn't claim tax (infact I worked somewhere like that when I was 24 briefly) - they just gave me wages at the end of the week out of the till - I think you legally need to be 16, tax and national insurance contributions and all that, but I'd ask around at the place, and see what they say. It depends on the employer.
Don't worry about tax, you will not earn enough to pay it. Some employers will not employ until you have a National Insurance number, which you will get just before your 16th birthday.
I guess a lot of those sort of jobs are not very viable in this age of immigrant labour, mechanisation, health & safety and compensation culture, pity I learned a lot earning a bit of money for myself.
Write them a letter if you feel shy to ask them in person, I guess it comes over a little more professional that way too
Good luck!!