When Burnie businesses support young people’s education, Burnie Works.
That’s why we’re asking Burnie businesses to PLEDGE to provide Student Friendly Workplaces (read the media release).
Through conversations with education providers, parents/carers, students and members of the Every Day Counts Community Network, we’ve heard that students as young as 14, are working casual jobs in Burnie – which is great! Young people are getting experience and earning money – we certainly don’t want to stop that from happening.
But we have heard that some students are working late shifts and are being rostered on during school hours. We have also heard that this is happening during exams.
To support students as they balance school, work and personal commitments, we are asking for your help – to pledge to the following actions:
- We will not roster students on to work during school hours.
- We will not offer students last minute shifts during school hours.
- We will be considerate when rostering students on school nights.
- We will not roster students on late shifts on the nights before exams, and we will encourage students to work less in the two weeks leading up to exams.
- We will communicate and adhere to workplace legislation and our own policies around the rights of employees, especially when employing young people who are at school.