I have a job at a garden centre and we have a stock take coming up this Sunday. They have a lot of weekend staff all who are students and they have basically forced us into working a 12 hour shift on Sunday as well as working 6 on the Saturday. We are entitled to an hour and a half break but we don't get paid for an hour of that. I'm sure i've heard somewhere that on a Sunday under 18's aren't supposed to work over 9 hours and a worker told me we're too young to work it. It starts at 9am and finsihes at 9pm and i have to wake up for school the next day for 6:30. Argh!!! Is there anything here that is illegal at all?Working it is going to be hard but the way they forced us into saying yes was terrible, they just assumed we would and asked us if it would be 9am till 9pm or 11am till 11pm.
Any legit suggestions will be welcomed as usual
thank you
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Am doing a 12 hour shift on a Sunday and am 17 years old. Illega?
call legal aid, they should know.
Reply:Depends ENTIRELY on State law, and you didn't tell us where you are.
Sorry, but England doesn't limit the hours that can legally be worked by a person ever the minimum school leaving age (16) to any less than those that can be legally worked by an adult.
Your employer can't legally require you to work more than 16 hours in one day, nor more than 60 hours in any 5 day period, nor more than 10 consecutive days, but that's it. (He can *ask* you to, but you have the right to say yes or no as you choose.)
Look on the bright side.... anything over 8 hours in a day in England is time-and-a-half. In 'most' US States, even that isn't required (Although it is in my State)
Richard
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