Internships: All work and no pay

Intern Aware | Employment Law Journal | October 2013 #144
Gus Baker investigates what rights interns have at work and how they are being enforced ‘Over the last two years, the government has announced several high-profile initiatives to ensure that where interns are ‘workers’ they are paid at least the national minimum wage.’ In March this year, Chris Jarvis, a computer games graduate, filed a …

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National Minimum Wage: Untangling the work experience web

Lewis Silkin | Employment Law Journal | April 2012 #129
Rachel Rooksby and Carla Leonard highlight a worrying discrepancy between the government’s pledge to ensure interns receive the minimum wage and its own unpaid jobseeker schemes ‘Does the law really enable the government to tackle unpaid internships while initiating unpaid work experience schemes for jobseekers (who risk losing their benefits if they don’t take part)?’ …

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Work Experience: Risks and rewards

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP | Employment Law Journal | March 2011 #118
As calls grow for interns to be paid, David Green examines what legal responsibilities employers have towards young people on work experience ‘Work experience is an opportunity to gain an insight into the particular work, the chance to acquire skills and experience, make important contacts and ultimately help secure a permanent job.’ Following the Daily …

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