If I Employ A Person Still At School As Extra Part-time Help Do I Pay The National Minimum Wage?

We have been asked this question by an employer who already has a Housekeeper but requires extra help during the school Summer holidays.

The answer is quite simply, NO. You offer what you consider to be a fair rate ideally for the hour.

The national minimum wage does not apply to school children, irrespective of whether they are on work experience, work at weekends on a regular basis, or on an agreed temporary basis.

However, those aged 16 and 17 are entitled to a national minimum wage of £4.05 per hour, provided that they have ceased to be of compulsory school age, except 16 and 17 year old apprentices, who are entitled to the apprenticeship rate of £3.50.

The Graham Agency, keeping you informed.

I would like to thank you all for the care and attention you gave to ensure that our housekeeper was just right for us.

My family back home has welcomed me and I am enjoying my new life with the family you found for me.

Using The Graham Agency was a truly good decision, from first chat to welcoming the candidate you found for us was simplicity itself. Excellent matchmaking.

I have been working for this family now for just over a year, and am able to enjoy life and save.

The idea of finding a domestic staff member for the first time on our own was intimidating, so we would like to express our gratitude for taking away all the issues for us.

I would just like to say a big Thank You for finding the perfect job for me.

I would like to thank you all for the care and attention you gave to ensure that our housekeeper was just right for us.

My family back home has welcomed me and I am enjoying my new life with the family you found for me.

If I Employ A Person Still At School As Extra Part-time Help Do I Pay The National Minimum Wage?

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