Employment of Children - 13 Years Old

Type of Work

Can only be employed in light work in one or more of the following categories:

• Agricultural or horticultural work
• Delivery of newspapers, journals etc
• Shop work
• Hairdressing salons
• Office work
• Car washing (by hand in a private residential setting)
• In a café or restaurant
• In a riding stables
• Domestic work in hotels etc.
  

  Hours that can be worked

  1. No child shall start working before 7am or finish after 7pm
  2. On days that pupils are required to attend school, they can work for one hour before school and up to two hours after school until 7pm. However, they must not work for more than two hours in total on any school day
  3. On Sundays, children can work for a maximum of two hours between the hours of 7am and 7pm.

  On all other days when school is not open, children can work for a total of five hours. However, they must have a break after 3 hours work of at least one hour.

  The maximum number of hours that can be working during a school week is 12.

  The maximum total number of hours that can be worked per week during school holidays is 25.
  

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