Can I Pay A Teenager For Casual Jobs ?
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I've too much to do around the garden, I don't want a gardener etc I just want someone to help out as and when, be it driving the mower / sweeper, moving logs etc
This is the stuff I'd do for my Dad and his friends when I was a teenager
Before I stick a post on Facebook, am I breaking any laws to pay someone cash on a casual basis and if they injure themselves do I need insurance etc ?
Thought I'd better ask after seeing the local chip shop vilified for asking for a "Potato Boy"
This is the stuff I'd do for my Dad and his friends when I was a teenager
Before I stick a post on Facebook, am I breaking any laws to pay someone cash on a casual basis and if they injure themselves do I need insurance etc ?
Thought I'd better ask after seeing the local chip shop vilified for asking for a "Potato Boy"
Be careful how you word your ad on any form of social media ! The nutters will be on your case in minutes , I hope your not wearing thick rimmed national health type glasses on any type of profile pic !
But seriously , when I was a boy you got a foot up your arse if you didn't help people for nothing , any form of payment after you'd worked was a bonus ! Times have changed beyond belief.
But seriously , when I was a boy you got a foot up your arse if you didn't help people for nothing , any form of payment after you'd worked was a bonus ! Times have changed beyond belief.
k all but had as many free chips as I wanted. I was a fat kid 
There won't be ladders / hedge cutters involved !
I have young daughters and local friends only have youngsters too.
I did wonder if I might be better asking for a retired person but I enjoyed learning about machines when I was young and I was thinking that I might set someone up for later life - as I also have many big boys toys (digger, dumper, excavator, chainsaws...) and riding around on a lawn tractor isn't exactly arduous.
I'll see if I can add some sort of cover to one of my policies.
I have young daughters and local friends only have youngsters too.
I did wonder if I might be better asking for a retired person but I enjoyed learning about machines when I was young and I was thinking that I might set someone up for later life - as I also have many big boys toys (digger, dumper, excavator, chainsaws...) and riding around on a lawn tractor isn't exactly arduous.
I'll see if I can add some sort of cover to one of my policies.
Just make sure they limb the tree and not themselves! Seriously I wouldn't bother. We have a family moved near us with 2 sons who came to the farm and wanted to earn some pocket money. I felt bad as here were 2 kids not playing video games who wanted to drive tractors and be useful. One was 11 and the other 13. I asked our insurance broker and he said NO CHANCE. Just remember everybody is your friend until something goes wrong!!!
bazjude2998 said:
Times have changed,Insurance is the major issue.I would go for the self employed over 16 year old .No probs with Inland Revenue / employment legalities.
This may seem a bit O T T but consider the implications if he falls off the ladder whilst cutting the hedge
This came to mind when you mentioned falling off the ladder - https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-zoo-...This may seem a bit O T T but consider the implications if he falls off the ladder whilst cutting the hedge
Especially the point - "She had also not received adequate training on the use of ladders during her four years at the zoo, the court heard."
Crazy to think a mate and I would go up the entire close and cut gardens and wash cars for nearly everyone.
We used to make a relative fortune for a couple of 11 year olds
On a serious note, my mum has a gardener who's only just gone self employed as an 18 year old. He only charges her £7.5 an hour (although it's guaranteed work she gives him 2 hours a week whatever and he uses her tools not his own, plus he only lives in the village) but it's easy for him I suspect, mopping up leaves and cutting the grass and hoeing the borders mostly.
We used to make a relative fortune for a couple of 11 year olds
On a serious note, my mum has a gardener who's only just gone self employed as an 18 year old. He only charges her £7.5 an hour (although it's guaranteed work she gives him 2 hours a week whatever and he uses her tools not his own, plus he only lives in the village) but it's easy for him I suspect, mopping up leaves and cutting the grass and hoeing the borders mostly.
I don't have an issue with this at all. It's a positively good thing to encourage a young person to work , to have a work ethic, and to show up when they say they will and do a good job, even if it's just cutting the grass or whatever.
The problem I have is where people take advantage of young people in more formal situations such as work experience. I recall one bloke on a local Facebook group, who is a z list music professional, advertising for a work experience kid. He said that he was working on a commercial project , releasing a new album, and wanted an intern to help him. He also said he needed them to have a car to drive him about in, and all sorts of other weird things . He also inferred that the arrangement wouldn't involve them getting paid anything but he might if they were lucky give them some cash at the end of it. That is taking the piss and trying to get something for nothing and it's not on.
(Sorry went off on a tangent a bit there)
If you pay a kid a fair days wage for a fair days work then that is a positively good thing. Just don't let them loose with the power tools just yet.
The problem I have is where people take advantage of young people in more formal situations such as work experience. I recall one bloke on a local Facebook group, who is a z list music professional, advertising for a work experience kid. He said that he was working on a commercial project , releasing a new album, and wanted an intern to help him. He also said he needed them to have a car to drive him about in, and all sorts of other weird things . He also inferred that the arrangement wouldn't involve them getting paid anything but he might if they were lucky give them some cash at the end of it. That is taking the piss and trying to get something for nothing and it's not on.
(Sorry went off on a tangent a bit there)
If you pay a kid a fair days wage for a fair days work then that is a positively good thing. Just don't let them loose with the power tools just yet.
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