This isn't one of those 'Brussels bureaucrats stop our kids' pocket money' stories, is it? Nope, this concerns the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the NSPCC jointly looking at the legislation surrounding employment law regarding children and young people and finding it inadequate and confusing. Young people are being at put at risk.
So what is the relevant Act of Parliament? That's the problem. The main piece of legislation affecting employment of young people under 16 is the Children and Young Person's Act, which is now 70 years old. But in fact there are some 200 other pieces of legislation that complicate the picture: 15 European and international instruments, 16 Acts of Parliament and 172 local authority by-laws.
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