16 year old, temp job, too many hours?

hollylangman37

Lokolo wrote: »

Doesn't mean she wouldn't have worked it though does it??

Yes she may have worked it, no one is disputing that she wouldn't have worked it but it would still be illegal for her to have done so.

I'm sure the company involved would rather stay on the right side of the law.

Lokolo

sewandsew03 wrote: »

God help anyone who would come and work for you then!

I called up and ASKED if the the shifts were correct, I DIDNT comment on the rights and wrongs of them.

Indeed, and it was (imo) the wrong thing to do.

Dunroamin

hollylangman37 wrote: »

The girl is 16!

It's probably a first job, it gives her an insight into working and she will gain some experience from it. No one is saying that a several hours is the same as working for a company for two years.

It'd probably make it easier for her to get a job at Next in the future if she has already worked for them.

If you have two young people who have exactly the same credentials but one has some experience, and may be able to to get a good reference, I know who I would employ.

Many of us had already worked a Saturday job for a year at 16, many more had been working full time.

If the daughter had willingly worked the difficult hours offered that might have been a good platform for further work but having mum phone up on her behalf and making things awkward will do her far more harm than good where Next is concerned.

Dunroamin

sewandsew03 wrote: »

Explain please??????

Which bit didn't you understand - I thought it was quite a straightforward comment?

sewandsew03

The bit in BOLD

sewandsew03

Lokolo wrote: »

Indeed, and it was (imo) the wrong thing to do.

And I think its wrong for a major High Street retailer to not check the ages of future employees before giving shifts out...

CH27

sewandsew03 wrote: »

God help anyone who would come and work for you then!

I called up and ASKED if the the shifts were correct, I DIDNT comment on the rights and wrongs of them.

IMO you should not have contacted them.
Also I do hope you didn't take the snotty attitude you've displayed on this thread.

hollylangman37

Dunroamin wrote: »

Many of us had already worked a Saturday job for a year at 16, many more had been working full time.

If the daughter had willingly worked the difficult hours offered that might have been a good platform for further work but having mum phone up on her behalf and making things awkward will do her far more harm than good where Next is concerned.

I had a Saturday job at 16 and I am still working for that company whilst in education. My initial contract was only 4 Saturdays, so it is possible a further job could come out of this.

The girl couldn't work the hours offered as it would be illegal for her to do so.
We don't know what the conversation the mum had with Next, so I see that as entirely irrelevant. In hindsight, the daughter should have rang up asking for the hours to be clarified and then looked into whether what was being offered was legal or not together.

The daughter knows that she will only be working a few hours and could have said actually I'm not bothered, I wanted to do more but she hasn't.

sewandsew03

Dunroamin wrote: »

Many of us had already worked a Saturday job for a year at 16, many more had been working full time.

If the daughter had willingly worked the difficult hours offered that might have been a good platform for further work but having mum phone up on her behalf and making things awkward will do her far more harm than good where Next is concerned.

The "difficult" hours are ILLEGAL, what bit of that do YOU not understand??????

Dunroamin

sewandsew03 wrote: »

The bit in BOLD

You said on an earlier thread that you were at home all day which is why I commented that you might not understand how the working world operates.