These Byelaws (of which the following is an extract) were made by Leicester City Council in excercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 18(2) 20(2) of the Childrens and Young Persons Act 1933 and were implemented on 1 September 1998.
A full copy of Leicester City Council Employment of Children byelaws can be seen at:-
Leicester City Education Department
Marlborough House
38 Welford Road
Leicester
The law/byelaws apply up to a child’s official school leaving age, which is the last Friday in June of the school year in which the child is 16. A child who assists in a trade or occupation which is carried on for profit is considered to be employed whether or not he receives any reward.
NO child under the age of 13 years can be employed
Regulation of Employment.
No child of any age can be employed in the following:-
- Cinema, theatre, disco, telephone sales.
- To deliver milk.
- To collect or sort refuse.
- Deliver or sell alcohol, except in sealed containers.
- To collect money or canvas door to door unless supervised by an adult.
- In a slaughterhouse or butcher’s shop or any premises connected with the killing of livestock or preparation of meat for sale.
- As a fairground or amusement arcade assistant.
- In work 3 metres above ground level (indoors and outdoors).
- Where exposed to harmful agents/substances.
- In a commercial kitchen.
- Where exposed to adult material/situations unsuitable for children.
- In the personal care of residents in residential care or nursing homes unless supervised by an adult.
Permitted hours of work/employment are as follows:-
- Children over the age of 13 years can be employed for:
(a) No more than 2 hours on any school day
(b) No more than 2 hours on a Sunday
(c) No more than 5 hours on a Saturday
(d) No more than 25 hours per week during school holidays.
- Children over the age of 15 years are permitted to work for:
(a) 8 hours on a Saturday
(b) 35 hours per week during school holidays.
- No child is allowed to work before 7.00 am or after 7.00 pm (including school holidays)
- No child can be employed for more than 2 hours on a school day and certainly not in school hours
- No child shall work more than 12 hours per week during school term time.
- No child shall work more than 8 hours a day, and not more than four hours without a break of one hour.
- Every child must have 2 consecutive weeks without employment during school holidays.
Children aged 13 years and over are permitted to do light work in the following:
- Agricultural, horticultural work
- Cafe or restaurant (front of house only)
- Shop work, including shelf stacking
- Riding stables
- Hairdressing salons
- Domestic work in hotels
- Office work
- Market stalls
- Car washing
- Newspaper delivery
Subject to the following conditions:-
(a)The employer shall notify the local authority of his name and address, the child’s name and address and date of birth together with the occupation and hours of employment.
(b)Have available for inspection:-
(i)The child’s employment licence, issued by the Education Authority.
(ii)Names, addresses, dates of birth, hours and occupations of all children employed.
(c)Have carried out a risk assessment.
(d)Have received a signed health declaration by parent/carer that the child is medically fit for said employment.
If the work is not licensed then it is illegal
