When Sarah was young, she vowed to have her own car on her 18th birthday, so she got a job. Three years on, Sarah has her car, although she had to borrow money from her parents to achieve her goal. Sarah is among the 66 percent of Australian girls in their last year at school who work part-time, compared with slightly more than half the boys. She says she has been fortunate in working from the start for the same employer, the children’s clothing company, Pumpkin Patch. “I got the job through a friend who was working for the store and I used to do three shifts a week of around five hours each time,” Sarah says.
She hopes to be admitted into Victoria University. “Many students don’t work part-time because they want to concentrate on their studies but I think it’s a good way to have a break from schoolwork,” she says. “By the end of the week, having a job is a sort of refuge for me after sitting looking at books all day.”
Most students benefit from their experience of part-time work, provided the hours are not excessive, according to a report from the National Education Research. The researchers say students with a job work an average of 12 hours a week. They find combining school and work has a “negative impact” on school results if the job takes up more than five hours a week.
Just as Sarah found, most students enjoy going because the money they earn gives them greater independence. But many young workers do not know how much they should be paid or what legal requirements apply to their employers. Reports said a number of school students were spending increasing time at work and that tens of thousands suffered injuries, which attracted the attention of the government.
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