Category Archives: young workers
Time to get people to help in your business?
Before you know it you need people to help you. Whether it is your family volunteering to help out, interns, apprentices, volunteers, freelancer or staff, your business’s size is affected as much by how you manage these relationships as it is by your customer and service focus.
Don’t be fooled into thinking only employees have rights at work and you can just abolish all your troubles if you call everyone an intern of a freelancer. Continue reading
Are employers exploiting commission only workers?
Young workers are often paid below minimum wage on commission only schemes Continue reading
Filed under employment law, pay, young workers
The unpaid intern ….
If “work experience” is actually just “work observation”, then it doesn’t have to be paid. But if “work experience” involves actual working, then (subject to specific exclusions) NMW minimum pay rates must be paid – at the risk of both paying back pay to the individual, and a hefty fine.
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Filed under employment law, pay, young workers
Government can’t follow it’s own rules
The swine flu hotline has broken the rules on young workers hours. If the government cant comply with its own rules it is time for a rethink? Continue reading
Filed under swine flu, young workers
Paperboys, young workers and illegal contracts
Paperboy with tribunal claim may have age discrimination rights, illegal arrangements affect contracts of employment Continue reading
Filed under discrimination, young workers
