On Friday 16 March, MP Stewart McDonald will table his private member’s bill, the Unpaid Trial Work Periods (Prohibition) Bill, for Parliament’s vote. This bill comes at significant time in the UK’s labour market landscape, particularly with the ever increasing use of precarious, ‘zero hours’ work, and prominent legal battles regarding worker status and the entitlement to minimum wage. The unpaid ‘trial’ shift is something which is most recognisable in the hospitality industry.