Young Employees

It's always a shame when employees are abused or their rights trampled on. It's bad enough when this happens to a seasoned employee with life and work experience, but perhaps it's even worse when it happens to a young person in their first job. 

We've heard of many cases where a 17 or 18 year old is simply told not to bother coming back to work tomorrow, with no explanation and no consideration of their legal rights. There are many employers who think they can get away with mistreating young employees as they don't know what their rights are or they think they'll be too intimidated to take it further.

Some young employees are told that they have no rights because they are casual employees, however, many so called casual employees quickly become regular, permanent employees - regardless of what the employment agreement says.

If you're a young employee and the way you've been treated doesn't seem fair, it probably isn't. If you've got any questions about your situation, or about your employment agreement (even if it's not in writing), please give us a call or send us an email. We'll come back to you at no cost.