Unpaid Work Experience (Prohibition) Bill

A

BILL

TO

Abolish unpaid internships.

BE IT ENACTED by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Section 1 - Amendments

(1) In the National Minimum Wage Act 1998, omit Section 45A,

(2) In the National Minimum Wage Act 1998, Section 44A, omit “for more than 4 weeks, or 160 hours, whichever comes first", and insert after;

(a) This does not apply to a person under the age of twenty and in full time education where they are undertaking work experience as a part of their education as prescribed by their school

(3) In the Long Term Unpaid Work Experience (Prohibition) Act rename “44” and “44A” to “45” and “45A” respectively

Section 2 - Extent, commencement and short title

(1) This Act shall extend to England, Scotland and Wales only.

(2) This Act shall come into force 1 month after receiving Royal Assent.

(3) This Act shall be known as the Unpaid Work Experience (Prohibition) Act 2023.

This Bill was written by The Rt Hon, u/NicolasBroaddus, Prime Minister on behalf of His Majesty’s 32nd Government.

1998 Bill being Amended:

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/39/contents

MHoC Bill being Amended: https://www.reddit.com/r/MHOC/comments/o2xd4j/b1220_long_term_unpaid_work_experience/

Opening speech:

This Bill builds finishes the reforms begun by the Long Term Unpaid Work Experience (Prohibition) Act 2021 and finally extends the minimum wage to all workers, with no more exceptions. It is of note as well that the 1998 Act has been amended in such a way by the 2021 Act as to have two section 44As. While this is a minor annoyance, I have taken the liberty of correcting it to prevent further confusion in checking citations as I had.

This division will end on Friday 17th March at 10pm GMT.