Are Saturday jobs for teenagers soon to be a thing of the past?

Jan 06, 2020, 10:40 AM

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The number of teens doing Saturday jobs has halved, according to a report by the Resolution Foundation.

A quarter of 16 & 17-year-olds were in work between 2017 & 2019 -
falling from almost half, twenty years ago.

So will young people lose out in developing life skills and learning the value of money or is it an opportunity for young people to focus on education and enjoying their youth? 

Vinny talked to commentators Phil Kelly and Siobhan O'Connor