NOW magazine awards £750 in back pay to intern who DID do real work

NOW magazine awards £750 in back pay to intern who DID do real work

INTERN PACKED CLOTHES IN THE STOCKROOM AND TRAINED HER OWN REPLACEMENT An intern who worked at NOW magazine has been awarded £750 of back pay after signing up for our Justice for Interns campaign. IPC Media, the magazine’s publisher, admitted she had carried out...
£4,000 for a dress – yet Balenciaga can’t pay their ‘intern sales assistant’ the minimum wage?

£4,000 for a dress – yet Balenciaga can’t pay their ‘intern sales assistant’ the minimum wage?

“LEARN HOW TO REPLENISH STOCK” FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES ONLY The super-luxe fashion label Balanciaga – a favourite of Victoria Beckham and Kate Moss – has advertised for a “intern sales assistant” to work on the shop floor of their...
Time Out intern to earn “princely” sum of £2 per day

Time Out intern to earn “princely” sum of £2 per day

GRADUATE FOG CHALLENGES CHEAPSKATE MAGAZINE OVER SHAMELESS ADVERT *NEWSFLASH! TIME OUT’S EDITOR IN CHIEF INSISTS THIS INTERNSHIP IS JUST ‘WORK EXPERIENCE’ – SCROLL TO COMMENTS BELOW* The events and listings magazine Time Out has advertised for...
Now unpaid internships are winning AWARDS?

Now unpaid internships are winning AWARDS?

SHOCK AS UNPAID, THREE-MONTH PLACEMENT SCOOPS PRESTIGIOUS ‘BEST INTERNSHIP’ PRIZE An internship lasting 12 weeks, involving real work and paying only travel and lunch expenses has been awarded the prestigious “Graduate Internship of the Year”...
X Factor faces official probe over unpaid interns

X Factor faces official probe over unpaid interns

AND WE DEMAND AN APOLOGY FROM SIMON COWELL ** UPDATE: SINCE THIS STORY WAS FIRST PUBLISHED,  X FACTOR INTERNS HAVE RECEIVED THOUSANDS OF POUNDS IN UNPAID WAGES (JUNE 2012) ** Officials have announced they will study evidence that X Factor has been employing unpaid...