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UIN 84887

Unpaid Work

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answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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11 November 2022

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21 November 2022 · Answer

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21 November 2022

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it remains his Department's policy to ban unpaid internships.

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  1. 11 November 2022

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it remains his Department's policy to ban unpaid internships.

    Source: Commons

  2. 21 November 2022

    Answer

    Current legislation is clear that an individual’s entitlement to the minimum wage depends on whether they are a “worker” for minimum wage purposes. Most internships are already highly likely to constitute work and entitle the individual to be paid at leas...

    Source: Written answer

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