although a vocational trainee is not an employee or worker within the meaning of the UK employment statutes, he or she may nevertheless be protected against sex discrimination under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 s.14 (as substituted by the Employment Act 1989 s.7(1)).
See Sex discrimination/vocational training and/or Sex discrimination/pregnancy and maternity and/or Sex discrimination/recent examples and/or Specific employments/nurses and midwives for relevant general notes.