Job Advertisment - ''No school leavers''

BusinessStudent

I passed the local sandwich shop this morning and on the door is a job advertisment stating they are looking for staff to work 0930 - 1330, however at the bottom it says ''no school leavers''

Is this legal? Ive looked it up on the web but cant find anything.

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Running_Horse

Possible age discrimination, but then older workers have always been discriminated against, and given the attitude of many school leavers you can't entirely blame the advertiser.

The most flagrant I saw was a card in a window advertising for an attractive female secretary for local businessman.

LittleVoice

School leavers are going to be 19 or under and excluding them from a job like this would need to be justified if it is to avoid being age discrimination and therefore illegal. The company should be asked for the grounds for excluding school leavers from applying.

Have seen Running Horse's comment and assume they would also agree that a general statement that "they won't have the right attitude" would not be such justifibale grounds.

Running_Horse

They would need to say something along the lines of "relevant experience required". Should exclude most school leavers.

PasturesNew

Local radio here were advertising for energetic and lively people for their street team. I think even this counts for ageism under the way the legislation operates.

What they really meant was: hotties to hand out leaflets because sex sells and we LOVE interviewing attractive young girls because we are sad old gits who don't get to talk to girls otherwise.

Gemmzie

That's definitely illegal, unless there's a good reason for the person to be 18+ such as serving alcohol and then it must say the Act under which it is protected

lynzpower

Running_Horse wrote: »

They would need to say something along the lines of "relevant experience required". Should exclude most school leavers.

how much "experience"" do you need in washing up and making sandwiches?

No wonder our young people struggle to find work if this is the attitude. Makes me sick.

PasturesNew

Well, for sandwich making, you'd normally be expected to have the Food Hygiene Certificate for starters I guess.

And possibly Customer Service experience.

lynzpower

PasturesNew wrote: »

Well, for sandwich making, you'd normally be expected to have the Food Hygiene Certificate for starters I guess.

And possibly Customer Service experience.

Employers usually pay for Food hygiene certs, or at least sponsor it by giving the time off.

Savvy_Sue

Can't remember how old you have to be before you can work in an industrial kitchen - which presumably this would be. If it's 16, then I don't think the advertiser has a leg to stand on. If it's 18, then they should give the actual age and quote the legislation, as Gemmzie says.

The way to get round it would be to ask for experience and food hygiene certificate, although I have a feeling that even then you might have to justify WHY the amount of experience you're after is necessary - not 100% sure on that one!

The nit-picker in me would, however, be asking for a definition of a school-leaver. It's practically October, and the most recent cohort of school-leavers finished in July, which is MONTHS ago to a young person. Plus I'm a school-leaver (just not recently). Is it OK to apply if you've been home-edded?

So, if I wanted this job (which I don't), I'd be in there in my most grownup outfit, with a skills-based CV which didn't show my age or when I left school, using my most charming sales manner to try and get it!