I am currently working in a public house that doesn't serve food. It is not a restaurant or hotel, just a pub. 4 out of the 8 people behind the bar are aged 16 and 17.
i won't serve them alcohol when they come to the bar on a night out and this makes both them and the landlady quite irrate. the landlady said it's fine that i don't serve them because she will.
also they are all paid cash in hand.
are they allowed to work there?
also are they allowed to drink there?
p.s. i'm in yorkshire england.
2007-02-16 12:04:41 · 17 answers · asked by Pat 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
under uk law you must be 18 to work behind the bar , you must also be 18 to be served alcohol. they are not allowed to work or drink. serving them is a criminal offence , i know because i was a bar manager.
2007-02-16 14:21:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm not sure about the law for in a pub, but I work in a grocery store, and we have 16 and 17 year olds serving alcohol. They all have the express permission from the store manager, and have signed the relevant documents to do so. If they serve someone under age, they will be stuck on for an £80 fixed penalty, and the store manager can be fined up to £20,000. When someone comes up to buy alcohol, the transaction needs to be authorised by a member of staff over 18.
2007-02-16 12:41:09 · answer #2 · answered by C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No a sixteen 3 hundred and sixty 5 days previous can't serve alcohol in any state in the union. And. while you're working in the back of a bar that serves alcohol, your employer might properly be in deep s**t. In countless states, you won't be in a position to even enter a bar at sixteen years previous.
2016-09-29 05:22:54 · answer #3 · answered by barnell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Under the age of 18 the only job that you can do in a bar is collect glasses and there are time limits on what they work. They, like everyone else should also be paid via paycheck or they won't get national insurance or tax paid and not paying tax is illegal also.
2007-02-16 13:17:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think they are! My sisters boyfriend is a bar manager in a resturant, anyone under 18 that he hires he gets them to work as a 'bar back' to pick up empty glasses, stock up the fridges etc, but he never lets them serve customers!
Im sure he has said they have to be 18+, otherwise his license and career is on the line!
2007-02-16 12:12:04 · answer #5 · answered by Lolli the girl next door 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about England but in the states thet have to be 21 to be in a bar or pub. But if shes paying all my fines and covering the jail time herself then ok ,
2007-02-16 12:13:26 · answer #6 · answered by susan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
totally illegal to be serving behind the bar,
landlady breaking law by serving them, and paying cash in hand is illegal too. if you report her chances are she would lose her licence for breaking several laws.
2007-02-16 12:15:56 · answer #7 · answered by karl p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call your local police and report everybody, and get out of the bar trade. There must be a better life out there somewhere for you, at 16.
2007-02-16 12:10:58 · answer #8 · answered by papyrusbtl 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is illegal. You have to be age 18 to serve alcohol.
2007-02-17 05:33:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no no no it's illeagal you must be 18 and cash in hand is a no no where does your tax money come from make the most of it get out before the tax inspectors get you.
2007-02-16 12:13:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋