Can you work in a fish and chip shop at 15yrs old?

Answer 1

Yes. But the amount of work you can do is limited by law.

For example, you are not allowed to work during school days and you are not allowed to work over a certain number of hours a week.

The website in the related links below will tell you all about the law for young workers in the UK.

Answer 2

In the UK, there are restrictions on the employment of children. The regulations change from one local authority to another but in most places, a child of school age cannot work in a commercial kitchen. That places limits of the work they can do in a fish and chip shop. In a number of local authorities, working in a fish and chip shop below school leaving age is not allowed at all.

The school leaving age is considered to be the end of June during the school year that a child reaches 16 years old. A young person who reaches 16 years before the end of August is considered to be a child until the end of June of the same year.