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Work experience policy

This model policy sets out an organisation’s approach to providing work experience, including eligibility, arrangements and expectations for both the organisation and the individual. It helps employers manage work experience placements in a structured and consistent way.

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By Alison Frazer

Use this model policy to outline your organisation’s approach to engaging people on work experience.

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Updated to reflect the reduction in the age threshold for the national living wage and increases to national minimum wage rates, effective from 1 April 2021.

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About the author

Alison Frazer

Alison is an experienced employment law barrister. She was called to the Bar in 1999. She spent 15 years in private practice before sitting as a ‘portfolio’ judge in the Employment Tribunal and Immigration and Asylum Chamber. She now practices from her own chambers,  ‘Heartbridge Chambers’. She has a keen interest in supporting people in employment disputes to reach resolution. She is a qualified and experienced mediator.

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