what is the minium wage?

[Whowhere]

Hi all
Does anyone know the mimum wage for a 17 year old? I have worked for a well known electronics store for 8 months, but I get paid LESS than the christmas bloody temps! Im on £2.85 but because most of them are 18.
thanx

[Broken Heart]

take a look here http://lowpaymcr.cjb.net/ or Email the low pay unit at gmlpu@freenet.co.uk This is for the manchester area but I'm sure they will be able to help!

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[JB]

Originally posted by Whowhere:
... Im on £2.85 ...


When I was 16 I was working at a chemist (inc. selling over the counter stuff) and got paid 2.04 an hour. Now that was crap.


[This message has been edited by JB (edited 04-12-2000).]

[Broken Heart]

Originally posted by j9j9:
My first wage (I was 13 & stacking the shelves in the local supermarket) was 37½p per hour!!!!!!!!

roflol

j9

I bet that was a long time ago <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/biggrin.gif">



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[city_boy]

under 18 - as much, or little as they want
18+ - £3.20ph
21+ - £3.70

hope that helps

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[Monkey_Boy]

Originally posted by j9j9:
My first wage (I was 13 & stacking the shelves in the local supermarket) was 37½p per hour!!!!!!!!

roflol

j9

shouldn't this be in dubloons? <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/biggrin.gif">



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[Broken Heart]

Originally posted by Monkey_Boy:
shouldn't this be in dubloons? <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/biggrin.gif">



What? LOL



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[vikk]

does any one know the minium wage for 15 and 16 year olds i do a lot of work at a garden center and i only get 1 pound 80 and hour.the 16 year olds one will help very mush so if any could reply asap .
thanx

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[jeffrey]

I don't think there is one for 15 year olds and I think that it's £3 for 16 year olds.

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[Girl-From-Mars]

i think there SHOULD be a minimum wage for 15 and 16 year olds.... but there's not, unless im very much mistaken. afaik, its only for 18 and 21 year olds. i dont even know that off hand, but you can probably find it in a link on this page somewhere.

if you're not getting paid the minimum wage and you're 18 or 21 (or over, clearly) then you should def see your boss or their superior.

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[Mayella]

There is no minimum wage for under 18s.
£3 for 16 year olds - HA I wish. I get £2.50 an hour and I am 17.

[Susie]

Some info here: http://www.thesite.org/careers/work/the_minimum_wage.html

[Oxfordgirl]

Minimum wage has just gone up!

for under 18's they can pay you whatever pitance they like unfortunately.

then there is over 18's (cant remember)
and over 21's is £4.10 so that means over 18's must be about £3.80 ish

[Girl-From-Mars]

god, this post's been around a while.

im still on £4.51 <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/biggrin.gif"> *smug* ... and im 19.

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[Fab_UKgirlie]

Originally posted by Girl-From-Mars:
god, this post's been around a while.

im still on £4.51 <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/biggrin.gif"> *smug* ... and im 19.



I'm on £5 an hr & i'm 17 <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/tongue.gif"> <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/biggrin.gif">

[Girl-From-Mars]

Originally posted by Fab_UKgirlie:
I'm on £5 an hr & i'm 17 <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/tongue.gif"> <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/biggrin.gif">

okay, you can be smugger then <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/tongue.gif"> and you dont have to make sodding pizzas and work in a tinytiny room with loud airconditioning and fridges that mean you have to shout and never understand what anyone else says the first 4 times.

oooh do you think i might not like my job very much? lol <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/tongue.gif">

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[Mayella]

I get paid £2.50 an hour, but I don't care because I work with people I know and like, and they're always nice to me.
Theres no need to be smug about earning more money. I'd look for a better paid job, but I like my job. And its not like I'm desperate for money either. I get £30 a week from college, and I'm still living at home.

[Fab_UKgirlie]

I work with people I know and like, and they're always nice to me.

So do I

Theres no need to be smug about earning more money.

I wasn't being smug. I was just stating what I got.

[Oxfordgirl]

Originally posted by Fab_UKgirlie:
I'm on £5 an hr & i'm 17 <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/tongue.gif"> <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/biggrin.gif">

Aw all you poor poor young people im 22 and on over £9 per hour *grins*

[Fab_UKgirlie]

Originally posted by Oxfordgirl:
Aw all you poor poor young people im 22 and on over £9 per hour *grins*



Lucky!! <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/tongue.gif"> <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/biggrin.gif">

[Kentish Man]

Originally posted by Mayella:
I get £30 a week from college

What's that all about?
In my day (last year), we didn't get paid for going to college.

[captain kirk]

I'm on $5 per hour, but I'm getting paid to do this all shift, life is sweet. SUCK ME BEAUTIFUL!

[KrazedKT]

It makes me sick that people get paid to go to college now. The year after I left, my college gave out free books and free holidays/educational trips to all students, plus £30 a week to eligible people. When I was there I got nothing, I couldn't afford books and didn't get a holiday. How is that fair?

[Marmite]

They get payed to go to college?! blimey i'm a uni student and i get nothing, grrrrr....

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[Baby Bio]

i once personally gave Mo Mowlam a bollocking in front of a packed conference hall over why was there no minimum wage for under 18s? her response was that the govt had done some study and worked out that if they introduced one then loadza ppl would loose their jobs . . . . . . . . .

[Mayella]

I get £30 a week, but I have to turn up to every lesson and get a sheet signed.
If I didn't get the money I would have had to stay at school and I hated it there.

[Susie]

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