quick question

COOLTRIKERCHICK

my son volenteers in a shop for 4 hours on a saturday, mainly because i want him to get experience etc, as he said he didnt want to go to collage etc... he is 14 years old, they were talking abut paying him during the summer holidays to cover staff going on holidays etc, but htey have now said because he hasnt got a N.I number, they can not pay him... so is there anyway he can get a N.I number early etc, or waht is the legal way the shop can put my son on the books.... to pay him, if he hasnt got a N.I number

JCS1

You don't pay NI until you are 16, but I suspect their payroll system can't cope with that. Can they speak to their payroll provider as there must be a way round it?

SarEl

Totally great idea - there is nothing like work experience to encourage the brain cells into wondering about applying oneself to an education! But as the previous poster said, this isn't an insurmountable problem. Talk to HMRC - earnings for minors have to be declared like any other (although they won't actually get taxed - there's a form they have to fill in) and they will know everything you need to know to sort this out. If you Google they have a contact centre, and I have always found them really helpful (although admittedly I have only used it a few times).

COOLTRIKERCHICK

SarEl wrote: »

Totally great idea - there is nothing like work experience to encourage the brain cells into wondering about applying oneself to an education! But as the previous poster said, this isn't an insurmountable problem. Talk to HMRC - earnings for minors have to be declared like any other (although they won't actually get taxed - there's a form they have to fill in) and they will know everything you need to know to sort this out. If you Google they have a contact centre, and I have always found them really helpful (although admittedly I have only used it a few times).

thanks... will phone them tomorrow....

my logic behind him helping out/volenteering, is that he is adamant he is not going to collage... so to give him some sort of expreience. to go on a CV ( he could work for me, but it wouldnt be right me giving him a reference) to show he is capable of work.... he is also picking up loads of product knowledge in this specialist shop... he has been there 6 months now... serves customers, gives them advice, uses the till, orders stock etc.... so has a wealth of experience of his age allready...

Jobs are hard to get when you have got experience, and its going to get harder and harder for young people just out of shool to find a job.... so they got to tyr and be one step ahead of the others...