'would suit a school leaver'

hellokitty08

The Age Discrimination training i recieved, stated that these were all a major no no. (Training by Acas) Then again most people advertising vacancies dont know didlly squat about what they should and shouldnt do.

To be employed on a full time basis you must have reached the school leaving age, which is the last friday of June in the year you are 16. Your obvioulsy allowed to state this, otherwise you would be breaking the law by recruiting someone under this age to work full time.

bluenoseam

"would suit school leaver" is nicer to put on the advert than "this job suits people with no real experience in the field" - even if it does imply that the job offer would be based on someone with a younger age, how are you going to prove it, gotta love all these PC types who will cry discrimination at the thinest of veils without realising that age/sex/race ARE still factors to certain employers and they get away with it still.

Savvy_Sue

paulwf wrote: »

Do many places actually charge different rates for under/over 21?

cinema where the DSs work does: DS1 had to tell them he was due a payrise! And DS2 will be soon ...

KiKi

I think it's fine. It doesn't say 'school leavers only', it's just a statement that it's suitable for school leavers. I think it helps people looking for jobs assess whether it's right for them, too, both from a salary and challenge perspective.

KiKi

prosaver

hellokitty08 wrote: »

The Age Discrimination training i recieved, stated that these were all a major no no. (Training by Acas) Then again most people advertising vacancies dont know didlly squat about what they should and shouldnt do.

To be employed on a full time basis you must have reached the school leaving age, which is the last friday of June in the year you are 16. Your obvioulsy allowed to state this, otherwise you would be breaking the law by recruiting someone under this age to work full time.

I left school at 15 because my birthday was in august and I was working on a yts for a month at age 15 :mad: .........



which is the last friday of June in the year you are 16 :(dont get this part:(

Moneybot

prosaver wrote: »

I left school at 15 because my birthday was

which is the last friday of June in the year you are 16[/I] :(dont get this part:(

It's the last Friday in June of your year 11 in school so some pupils leave before they are actually 16 if their 16th birthday is after that Friday. They can still be employed full time as it is after the school leaver date for their school year.

Running_On_Empty

No, it certainly is not acceptable. Age discrimination does not allow an employer to select staff on the basis of age.
I saw an ad in my local newsagents and asked them to remove it on the basis that I did not want them to run foul of the law. They were happy to comply.

RedSoleShoes

maninthestreet wrote: »

It certainly DOES suggest a certain age range. Since when did ALL school leavers have NO qualifications?

Don't wish to be picky but Tombo actually said no qualifications beyond the legal school leaving age and not that ALL school leavers have NO qualifications!

looby75

I saw a job ad today that said you must be at least 5ft 7 tall....I didn't think that was allowed either these days.

hob

if it said would suit mothers coimng back in to work whould that be wrong aswell? im sure some people will try to empolye young workers to save a few quid but i wouldnt asume thats what this advert was implying. maybe look and see what the age range is of current staff?