Magazines take note: Lawyers says 95% of unpaid internships in Ontario are probably illegal

A Toronto employment lawyer say upwards of 95 per cent of unpaid internships in Ontario are probably illegal according to a post from Canadian Press, carried on CTV.ca  "If you have an intern making coffee or researching articles . . . then they're an employee, not an intern, and they should be getting minimum wage and all the other protection that comes with the Employment Standards Act," [says

No fair, says UK publisher ordered to pay "volunteer" intern more than £1,000

There is some pushback against a recent decision in the U.K. in which a publishing company was ordered by an employment tribunal to pay more than £1,000 to an unpaid intern. According to a story by the Press Gazette, The National Union of Journalists claimed the first victory when TPG Web Publishing was told an intern working for its MyVillage website had the right to be paid for work she carried

NUJ slams many internships as "bogus" free labour

The general secretary of the National Union of Journalists in Britain has slammed "bogus work experience" placements for exploiting aspiring journalists as free labour.According to a story in Press Gazette, Jeremy Dear said too many employers used internships as a way of getting work done for free and welcomed new government plans to improve internship standards.Dear’s comments follow the

New internship program may suit Ontario not-for-profit magazines

Not-for-profit magazines in Ontario may be interested in a new internship program available through the Cultural Careers Council of Ontario (CCCO). It is funded in part by Service Canada’s Career Focus, Youth Employment Strategy Program: The Fundraising and Marketing Internship Program. It is a half-year program for emerging arts administrators and concentrates on marketing and fundraising skill