• New entrants minimum wage
• Health and safety
• Checklist - Best practice tips
• Checklist - starting a new young employee

Further information and assistance

The Government acknowledges the responsibility that employers take on when they employ children and young people. It is important to the whole of society and economy over the long term that employers give children and young people the best start possible. This is why there are various means of support available to assist employers:

• Work and Income provides wage and training subsidies to employers in some circumstances such as the Job Ops programme or Community Max programme.  The Job Ops and Community Max programmes are targeted to young people aged between 16 and 24.
• New entrants’ minimum wage
• Trial periods for businesses that employ 19 or fewer employees.
• The Department of Labour provides a range of resources and publications to provide information on many aspects of employment relationships
  • Holidays and leave
  • Employment relationships - from beginning to end
  • Solving problems at work
  • Health and Safety factsheets:
    • Did You Know – Comic Factsheet
    • Young workers information
    • Youth Minimum Rights
    • Young Worker’s Guide to the Health and Safety in Employment Act
    • Youth Age Restrictions on Dangerous Work

More information

For more information on employment matters you can go to the Department of Labour Employment Relations website.

For more information on health and safety matters you can go the Department of Labour health and safety website.