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Everyone has rights at work. Read this to find out more or click on the speech button to hear it.
Rights when you start work
You must be paid the national minimum wage.
From the 1st October 2009 this is £3.57 an hour for young people aged 16 or 17 and £4.83 for people aged between 18 and 21 years old.
Your employer must give you a written contract of employment.
This tells you about:
- pay
- holidays
- hours you work
- rules about being absent from work
- other things you need to know
