Unpaid Work Experience (Prohibition) Bill [HL]

Key Points

• Prohibits unpaid work experience longer than four weeks.
• Applies to organisations offering work experience, including employers, charities, schools and universities.
• Includes enforcement and related provisions to ensure compliance.
• Originated in the Lords and is currently at the 2nd reading in the Lords.

Progress

First reading in the Lords was on 13 January 2020; the bill is now at the second reading in the Lords. If it progresses, it would move on to committee and further stages.