16 year old employee treatment questions - is this okay ?
My 16 year old daughter responded to an advert at a local restaurant a few weeks ago and had a brief chat with the owner where she was told it was a very difficult job and that she is not allowed to be unwell, if she is, she is still expected to turn up. Apparently no one has ever been unwell in the X years they’ve been there. The interview ended without her being asked a single question, no form to fill in or even asked her full name or age…
She has been added to a group chat for rotas and the owner only ever messages her via facebook so still doesn’t know her full name which gets confusing as my daughter’s facebook is not her actual name! Plus no one has asked her age or DOB?
This is a total contrast to my son, who had a similar job aged 16 and whose employer was a lot more professional and transparent.
I get it, they are sick of flakey teens etc…. And expect they are heavy handed with the threats to stop this but she has also issued other threats such as ‘to take anyone off the group’ who can’t work a certain day, like Good Friday etc. ignores messages from her etc..
so my question is? Is it okay to have 16 year olds working that you don’t even know the full name or age of? Health and safety??! Or am I being OTT?
I don’t like their threatening behaviour tbh and erratic and non-transparency about some other things so I told my daughter to consider keeping her eyes open for somewhere where they treat her a bit better! It’s got me wondering whether this happens a lot though? Does this sound dodgy? I’ve never employed staff apart via NHS where they are all over HR policies etc 😂