Law at work 2020 - the trade union guide to employment law (July 2020)

Chapter 7

Government consultation – volunteers and interns

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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.


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