Life in the United Kingdom Test
Answer set 25: Childcare and children at work
Answer 1: (4). Women who are expecting a baby have a legal right to time off work for antenatal care. They are also entitled to at least 26 weeks' maternity leave. These rights apply to full-time and part-time workers and it makes no difference how long the woman has worked for her employer.
Answer 2: (2). Fathers who have worked for their employer for at least 26 weeks are entitled to paternity leave, which provides up to two weeks'time off from work, with pay, when the child is born, It is important to tell your employer well in advance.
Answer 3: (3). The earliest legal age for children to do paid work is set at 14. There are a few exceptions that allow children under the age of 14 to work legally and these include specific work in performing, modelling, sport and agriculture. In order to do any of this work, it is necessary to get a licence from the local authority.
Answer 4: (4). By law, children aged 14 to 16 can only do light work. There are particular jobs they are not allowed to do and these include delivering milk, selling alcohol, cigarettes or medicines, working in a kitchen or a chip shop, working with dangerous machinery or doing any other kind of work that might cause them any kind of injury. Children who work have to get an employment card from their local authority and a medical certificate of fitness for work.
Answer 5: (3) & (4). Newspaper Rounds and Work in Supermarkets
Answer 6: (2). FALSE
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