British Unpaid Interns May Have Recourse
Judgement rules unpaid intern deserves cash
British unpaid interns rejoice, the U.K. may now recognize you as a paid worker. Keri Hudson, a 21-year-old former intern at online review site My Village, is one of the first interns in the U.K. to win the right to back pay after her former employer failed to follow through with training and other stipulations that would warrant her working for free.
The National Union of Journalists helped Hudson through its Cashback for Interns campaign, which successfully garnered $1,600 of compensation for the five weeks she had worked for the company.
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