http://lucybristowjobs.disqus.com/enTue, 26 Jul 2016 12:08:59 -0000https://lucybristow.com/blog/interns-free-labour-or-a-valuable-resource-worth-paying-for/#comment-2804437978<p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/employment-rights-for-interns" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="https://www.gov.uk/employment-rights-for-interns">https://www.gov.uk/employme...</a></p><p>Unpaid internships are illegal except in a very narrow sense. Not paying workers because they were employed as interns means employers could be prosecuted under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 ch. 30 PART 1, Section 3 (5) where employers are obtaining services by deception as was proven by Adam on 6th January 2016 (Judge Rinder) on national television. A company hired workers and refused to pay them for the first few weeks until they recouped the company's investment in their work. The worker won the case. It's now case law in England and Wales.</p>Adam ShattockTue, 26 Jul 2016 12:08:59 -0000