Chapter 7
Government consultation – volunteers and interns
[ch 7: page 224]A consultation by the May government on expanding protection under the EA 10 to cover volunteers and interns closed in October 2019 and a response is awaited. As regards volunteers, the government wants to differentiate between regular, formalised volunteering and more informal ad hoc volunteering, such as helping at a school fundraiser. As regards interns, the consultation document suggests that most interns are already protected by the workplace protections in the EA 10.