Written Question·Women and Equalities·UIN 20911

Unpaid Work: Discrimination

Tabled: 17 December 2024
Answered: 6 January 2025

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

Conservative — Huntingdon

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will take steps to ensure that employers offering internship programmes do not discriminate against applicants based on (a) sex, (b) ethnicity and (c) sexual orientation.

Answer

Anneliese Dodds
Part 5 of the Equality Act 2010 provides protection against direct and indirect discrimination in employment and makes it unlawful for an employer or a recruitment agency to discriminate against an employee or someone applying for employment because of a ...
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