Young people can become trapped in unpaid work with little training, research found JEFF J MITCHELL/GETTY IMAGESMore than 80 per cent of internships in the film, TV and fashion industries are unpaid, forcing graduates to rely on parents and friends to gain vital work experience, according to research. The Sutton Trust said that, overall, more than one in four graduates had taken on an unpaid internship and there was widespread confusion over whether they should receive a wage. It said that there were about 100,000 interns working in Britain, about 58,000 of whom unpaid. In Westminster, a third of staff working in the offices of MPs and peers had completed unpaid work, including 36 per cent of Labour staffers and 28 per cent of Conservatives. Graduates and employers are confused about the law.

Source: The Times November 23, 2018 00:01 UTC