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Strewth! Intern exploiter fined £9,000 in Australia. When will UK get tough on wage cheats?

by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 17, 2016 | Unpaid internships, Wages

BACK PAY IS OFTEN AWARDED, BUT PENALTIES ARE VERY RARE Three media interns are celebrating as their former employer has been fined nearly £9,000 after the trio of designers worked for three months unpaid. The penalty is one of the largest Graduate Fog has ever heard...

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Dear @GraduateFog - This a very important campaign. Many young people, especially with special needs are engaging in Work Experience or Workability Programmes that are poorly thought out and have poor safeguarding. Well done and keep speaking up. https://t.co/Eu3s9uNcZr
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