Working children

County council bosses are reminding parents and '¨employers that there are strict rules for employing school-aged children.

The rules limit how many hours these children can work, the type of job, and workplaces.

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Work permits are 
required and it is the 
employers’ responsibility to organise these.

Find out more online at www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/schoolagedworkpermit

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