what to pay a 14 yr old saturday boy?

[rugeleyboy]

any advice please, a 14 yr old has approached me for a saturday job (well his mother has) and i dont know what to pay?

thanks in asvance.

[rugeleyboy]

**advance**

[andrea81]

What work will he be doing?

[rugeleyboy]

generally tidying up the yard, loading customer with there orders and so forth.

[andrea81]

So it's a bit of labour��

Minimum wage for 16-17 yrs from 2007 is �3.40 an hour. He's obviously younger so you're not obliged to give him this. Why not try something like �3.10/�3.20 an hour on a trial and go up if you feel happy!

[theonlyone]

Be careful ...you can employ
13 year olds for paper rounds ..after that
they have to be 16 years old ..if he has
an accident H&S will be on your back ...
maybe post this question in Law ...

[spudqueen]

My 16 year old son (he's in year 11, so his last year at school) has a Saturday job in a local garage. He works for 4 hours and is paid �15. The owner of the garage had to do a risk assessment before my son could start.

[scoobydooby]

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/YoungPeople/Workan dcareers/Yourrightsandresponsibilitiesatwork/D G_066272

The above link will give you some information about employing young people. My daughter started working for a local shop owner when she was 14. He paid her �3.00 per hour and then raised it to �3.50 when she turned 15.