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Dont you think 14-15 people should be imployed if they think they can handle it so why not give them a chance??
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.14-15 year olds can get jobs if they want them but the laws regarding employment of young people are so strict that most employers don't bother.
You are restricted to the amount of hours that you can work and also the times, this is because it would probably impact on your education if you were allowed to do more so is a valid reason.
Have a look here: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/YoungPeople/Workan dcareers/Yourrightsandresponsibilitiesatwork/D G_066272
You are restricted to the amount of hours that you can work and also the times, this is because it would probably impact on your education if you were allowed to do more so is a valid reason.
Have a look here: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/YoungPeople/Workan dcareers/Yourrightsandresponsibilitiesatwork/D G_066272
Your multiple postings are interesting. This is something you have a real bee in your bonnet about isn't it?
Until the early 1970's 15-year-olds could leave school and work full time without having to sit school exams.
In the 1970's this country began to lose jobs and so since then the government has regularly upped the school-leaving age, to mask the terribly high unemployment figures, and to try and force the creation of a skilled workforce - most British workers before the 1970's were unskilled.
As a person who has taught for thirty years, I would be delighted to see 12 -year -olds working if they didn't want to be in school. Many kids learn little in school after this age.
But the current law says they can't. So your job as a citizen (remember all those PSHE lessons?) is to badger members of parliament to change the law, and to use your vote when you are 18 to support your views. This will be a useful channel for your frustration, whereas sounding off in this forum will get you nowhere.
Until the early 1970's 15-year-olds could leave school and work full time without having to sit school exams.
In the 1970's this country began to lose jobs and so since then the government has regularly upped the school-leaving age, to mask the terribly high unemployment figures, and to try and force the creation of a skilled workforce - most British workers before the 1970's were unskilled.
As a person who has taught for thirty years, I would be delighted to see 12 -year -olds working if they didn't want to be in school. Many kids learn little in school after this age.
But the current law says they can't. So your job as a citizen (remember all those PSHE lessons?) is to badger members of parliament to change the law, and to use your vote when you are 18 to support your views. This will be a useful channel for your frustration, whereas sounding off in this forum will get you nowhere.
If after 10 years at school someone still can't spell words such as 'back', 'actually', 'but' and 'employment' then maybe education isn't working for them and there's not much point in wasting another 2 years at school.
However the system is such that children are expected to stay in education now to 16 or 18.
You can't change this so make the best of it: concentrate on picking up the skills employers look for (reasonable standards of literacy and numeracy), try to get some qualifications and seek to obtain some part time work.
However the system is such that children are expected to stay in education now to 16 or 18.
You can't change this so make the best of it: concentrate on picking up the skills employers look for (reasonable standards of literacy and numeracy), try to get some qualifications and seek to obtain some part time work.