Intern Aware is the United Kingdom national campaign for fair

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s, founded in 2010. Working closely in cooperation with businesses, trade bodies and trade unions, they aim to help employers develop high quality internship schemes with recruitment based on merit, and payment that complies with

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. They also work with interns to ensure they receive the pay they are potentially entitled to by law. They believe that unpaid internships are exploitative, exclusive and unfair. By asking people to work without pay, employers exclude those with talent, ambition and drive who cannot afford to work for free. They campaign that employers and young people alike benefit from the best graduates getting the best jobs. They argue that paying interns a fair wage can ensure that this happens.

Policies

Much of Intern Aware’s argument focuses on how interns fit into the

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. Main proposal • (Excluding existing exemptions) the

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should designate anyone who has undertaken a period of work experience for over four weeks to be a “

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” under the meaning of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) Act. Other proposals *“Naming and shaming” of persistent, high profile offenders who break the NMW Act; *Third parties should be able to complain about non-enforcement of the NMW; *Advertisements for illegal work should be monitored; *Better support and guidance to vulnerable workers; *Raise penalties for non-payment of the NMW *A new paid internship scheme for the third sector.

History

The organisation started as a

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group named "Interns Must Be Paid The Minimum Wage". It has led campaigns focused on the non-payment of

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interns. It also campaigned during the Labour Party's leadership election, securing the support of all five candidates and persuading

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MP to demand that the

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experience. The campaign has also drawn attention to the connection between increased graduate unemployment and unpaid interns.

References

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