Hiring "kids" to do landscaping

[Diagro]

Yo,

What's the legality issues of hiring some teenagers to do some basic landscaping work?

Need it doing, seen some teens offering a cheap daily rate to do it.
(Ofc I'd supervise as I've done these jobs before).

What would you pay them? £9hr? I was thinking a tenner an hour.

I've no interest in getting a landscaping company in to do it. It's VERY basic work which a few have quoted £400 a day for. No chance my brain would allow that.
I however have booked them in for bigger things like fencing and ground level raising.

 

[Diagro]

Mods? Mods!

Don't want your input here. I'll not be able to understand it.

 

[Diagro]

I don't disagree but not for your reason.

Let me know how those cheap teenagers work out for you (do not do this because laws and ethics and aren't you working in a school so, my word).

Left teaching a year ago.
Has no bareing on this at all.

They are to be digging holes and filling with hard core for some slabs. I'm sure they'll be fine.

 

[Diagro]

Ooooh another creepy Diagro and kids thread. Subbed!

Love it.

 

[Diagro]

He’s offering more than minimum wage for teenagers: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/minimum-wage-rates-for-2023

Sounds a fair rate but depends what the work is? Take it that it’s just some digging / levelling or something like that?

Yea pretty much.
Dig up, level, lay hardcore, compact.
May even get them to lay the slabs who knows.

In my eyes, these kids get paid more than MW, feel like they did a good job and I'm happy because I've saved a few Bob.
Win win imo