P655 CEEFAX 2 655 Thu 26 Dec 23:19/18 HOLIDAYS MEAN HOLIDAY JOBS 1/5 As millions of British teenagers look fo wot to pro ide po t m n and expjtiince, many are being ripped off. Children's Express reporters spent a day recently applying for jobs and checking out unscrupulous employjts. "The boss told mj that people with expjtiince get more," said 14 year old Majida Khatun who was offered #1 pju hour to work in a south London stoke. "It would have been a full-time job, but hj didn't ask if I had a permit. Othjt young people were working thjti." CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 +jathet 400 Community TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP655 CEEFAX 2 655 Thu 26 Dec 23:14/34 HOLIDAYS MEAN HOLIDAY JOBS 2/5 Majida Shatun was also offered #30 to work a 40 hour w k at a haj due set's salon, with #10 more for Saturdays. "She didn't ask mj if I had any qualifications. I would have had to shampoo customers and clean up." Bharti Patel of the independent Low Pa8 Unit which investigates exploitation b8 employers was not surprised. She says that 2.2 million British children and teenagers still at school are in part-time employment -a quartet of all child workjts in Europe. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 +jathet 400 Community TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP655 CEEFAX 2 655 Thu 26 Dec 23:14/05 O HOLIDAYS MEAN HOLIDAY JOBS 3/5 Employjts and local authorities are responsibl fo providing under 16 year olds with work permits. Laws dating back to 1933 restrict the amount of time that children can work, with fines up to #1000 for employers. But in 1993 only 36 cases were brought to court and the highest fine was #300. Ms Patel says penalties should be much higher and calls for child labour officers who can investigate employjts suspected of using children illegally in the workplace. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 +jathet 400 Community TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP655 CEEFAX 2 655 Thu 26 Dec 23:14/21 HOLIDAYS MEAN HOLIDAY JOBS 4/5 Fifteen year old Marisa Aziz took a holiday job recently at a dentist's surgery in west London. As well as reception work and making tea, Marisa was surprised to be asked to help with mouth suction, equipment stetilisation and dental nurse tasks. "I worked from 9.30am to 6pm and was paid only #10 pet day," she said. "I told them I was 15 and they said it didn't matter. I didn't like having to suck the saliva out of patients' mouths. My parents made mj quit." CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 +eathet 400 Community TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP655 CEEFAX 2 655 Thu 26 Dec 23:21/57 LL HOLIDAYS MEAN HOLIDAY JOBS 5/5 In Europe the minimum age for child workjts is 15 but in the Britain the age limit is 13, which was set in 1920. This feature on holiday jobs was provided by Children's Express, a charity programme of learning through journalism for children aged 8 to 18. Report and interviews bz editors Daniel Blackwood, 14; Sharon O'Dea, 16; Majida Shatun, 14; Mynul Mustafa, 15; Sophie Lam, 16; Natasha Atari, 14; and reporters Martin Webb, 12; and Selena Gibson, 13. CSV index 650 TV 680 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 +jathet 400 Community TV/ News Heads Main Menu