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Employment laws
You can't be asked to work more than 40 hours a week
14 year olds
Only work for two hours on week days in term time
15 + 16 year olds
Same as 14 year olds
16 + 17 year olds
You can't be asked to do anything which is a risk to your health
Employers have a responsibility to keep all the children they work with safe.
Under 16 persons cannot be employed in a job: in a factory or in construction work, in transport, in a mine, on a registered merchant ship.
Your employer can't expect you to work when you should be at school
Before school leaving age, the work you can do is restricted.
Between leaving age and 18, a young person in England should still do education even if it is work-based learning such as an apprenticeship.
Employers can't ask you to work between 10pm and 6am
You can be asked to work at other times in exceptional circumstances.
You can't serve alcohol in a bar at 17 without authorisation
It is not illegal for someone aged 16 or 17 to serve alcohol at, for example, a wedding where no money is changing hands.
You should have 48 hours off in one go in the week to rest
You're allowed a 30 minute break if you work 4 and a half hours or more in one shift.
You can't be asked to work more than 8 hours a day
You have to be paid the minimum wage but may be paid more