The National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015

Schemes for trial periods of work

52.—(1) A person who is participating in a trial period of work with an employer for a period of six weeks or less, as part of a scheme which meets the requirements in paragraph (2), does not qualify for the national minimum wage for the work done for that employer in that period.

(2) The requirements are that the scheme—

(a) is designed to provide training, work experience or temporary work, or to assist in the seeking or obtaining of work, and

(b) is, in whole or in part, made or funded by—

(i) the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 or section 17B of the Jobseekers Act 1995;

(ii) the Scottish Ministers or the Welsh Ministers under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973;

(iii) the Chief Executive of Skills Funding;

(iv) Scottish Enterprise or Highlands and Islands Enterprise under section 2 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990;

(v) the Department for Employment and Learning under section 1 of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950; or

(vi) the European Social Fund established under Article 162 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.