Child work permits

Permitted hours of child employment

Term time

  • 1 hour before school and one hour after school or two hours after school (not before 7am and not after 7pm)
  • Maximum of 12 hours per week

Saturdays

  • Aged 13 and 14: maximum five hours between 7am and 7pm
  • Aged 15 and 16: maximum eight hours between 7am and 7pm.  
  • A 1 hour break must be taken after working four hours consecutively

Sundays

  • Aged 13 - 16: maximum two hours between 7am and 7pm

School holidays

  • Aged 13 and 14: maximum five hours between 7am and 7pm. 
  • Aged 15 and 16: maximum eight hours between 7am and 7pm. 
  • A 1 hour break must be taken after working four hours consecutively

Maximum hours

  • A 13 or 14-year-old can work a maximum of 25 hours per week during the school holidays
  • A 15 or 16-year-old can work a maximum of 35 hours per week during the school holidays 
  • A child must have at least two consecutive weeks' break from work per year
  • A child still requires a Work Permit until the last Friday in June of School Year 11 even if they have reached 16 prior to this date.
     
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