Under 18's Serving In A Pub

[deodata2001]

paid cash in hand now been asked to pay back earnings because of claiming benefit? does the employer have the right to do this?

[Mexican18]

Isn't it strange that we have heard nothing from the person who posted the question!
I'm not sure if I believe a word of it.!

[TonyV]

Not really mex joined today, posted question the same minute and has probably received all the information he needs

[Mamyalynne]

Mex, someone joined to ask legal advice - whether you,I or the greengrocer believes it shouldn't and doesn't matter.

[Maydup]

If the poster is the under 18 year old, they're not going to stick around here for a chat, they have a life to live!

[rockyracoon]

Can under 18's claim benefits?

[Mexican18]

No,it doesn't matter but do you really believe that someone would think the landlord could ask for wages back? Surely nobody is that naive. Perhaps this is another of my'strange views'.

[Mamyalynne]

It doesn't matter a baw bean what I believe.

Give an answer if you know the law or don't, I don't know the law and Buenchico has posted it re the selling.

[THECORBYLOON]

ROCKY, yes, folk can claim certain benefits if they are aged sixteen or over.

[douglas9401]

(whispers) Did you mean bawbee? :-)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bawbee

[douglas9401]

[THECORBYLOON]

I was expecting a song about Coulter's candy...

[New Judge]

Chris....get real! What authorised person has the time?

Very few. That's why few pubs employ under 18's to serve in the bar.

“There's no law saying an employer can't pay cash in hand…”

If an employer has any employees that earn more than £116 per week he must register for PAYE. Having registered he must make the appropriate deductions in income tax and National Insurance and make his own (employers’) NI contributions.

[douglas9401]

Not The Spanish Inquisition, TCL?

[ummmm]

What about self employed?

[Mamyalynne]

Yes Douglas, I did.

[THECORBYLOON]

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

[New Judge]

"What about self employed?"

What about them? This question is about somebody who is quite clearly employed by somebody else.

[THECORBYLOON]

Might have been about self-employed folk working and claiming benefit.

[deodata2001]

Well thanks for the answers, well some of them, by some of the answers it's like being on facebook with answers are nothing to do with the question and no I'm not 18 I'm 63 but asking you because it's happened to my granddaughter, she worked in the local pub cash in hand she receives benefits as she is studying at college and worked for them for some p[ocket money. Now obviously the pub has submitted its book as included every cash payment they made to their employees. So they are all being chased by the DWP

[scorpiojo]

Just to clarify, has your granddaughter's ex -employer asked her to pay her wages back to him/her?