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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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