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This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Petition To classify an "internship" as a type of employment which must adhere to the national minimum wage
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To establish and commit to law the Americanised term "internship" as a type of employment with the same legal pay rights as other types of employment.
To establish measures to prevent employers classing "interns" as volunteers and not workers, in order to avoid paying the national minimum wage.
Unpaid Internships are morally wrong and the structure of our youth employment needs to be addressed
This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months
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