Petition · past parliament
Ban the use of unpaid trial shifts
Closed
90 signatures
What the petition asks
I want the Government to make unpaid trial shifts illegal. Workers are being exploited and working for a week or more without payment, and not even getting the job. Employers even use this as a regular means of staffing workplaces with zero labour costs. A minimum wage is what it says.
Because increasingly not just young people in cafes, but in bigger stores and cleaning companies, are taking on staff, telling them all it is a trial, not paying, getting their work done for free, and leaving desperate people without money or hope.
Timeline
| 19 Apr 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 19 Oct 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
90
Status
Closed
Opened
19 Apr 2021
Closed
19 Oct 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.