
Getting a Job, YI Event
Get a Job – an Annual Youth Information event that talk about how to get a job as a teen.
A CHARITY SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE
Get a Job – an Annual Youth Information event that talk about how to get a job as a teen.
Watch a video about the Celebrating 25 Years of the Rights of a Child by by Kerry Comhairle na nÓg
Employers cannot employ children under 16 in regular full-time jobs. They can employ children aged 14 and 15 years on light work as follows:
Maximum weekly working hours for children under 16
Age | 14 years of age | 15 years of age |
School term-time | None | 8 hours |
Holidays | 35 hours | 35 hours |
Work experience | 40 hours | 40 hours |
Young people
The Act sets the following limits to the working hours of young people aged 16 and 17. If you are aged under 18 and work for more than one employer, the combined daily or weekly hours you work cannot be more than the maximum number of hours allowed.
Working hours for young people aged 16 and 17
Maximum working day | 8 hours |
Maximum working week | 40 hours |
Time off and breaks from work
You are entitled to 3 different types of breaks from work:
Read about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ( UDHR) which is a milestone document in the history of human rights.
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