Know your rights
Internships
We totally get it… Finding out your rights as an intern can be confusing. Let’s clear some things up!
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Helpful info to know about your rights
- An internship is a short term placement for educational purposes.
- An unpaid internship can only be undertaken if you are receiving course credit (towards a degree, diploma, certificate or other qualification).
- An intern should not be completing the same work as paid employees of the business or company.
So, are you an intern? or just not getting paid?
Let’s find out!
Intern
- Primary goal is for an educational experience: you could be observing how a business works or being taught a skill
- Internships can require set hours.
- Short term
- The intern gets the most benefit from the arrangement
Unpaid employee
- Completes productive work.
- Completes work that is crucial to the business, such as fulfilling client orders.
- Long term
- Business gets the most benefit from the arrangement.