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By McCarthy Tétrault LLP | 2 Minutes Read June 12, 2013

Careful how you classify ‘interns’: Ministry of Labour releases policy statement

It is a fact of life for some entering the labour market—the unpaid internship. For young workers, it is an opportunity to gain experience in a desired field. For employers, it is an opportunity to have recent graduates perform necessary work or apprenticeship at less cost all while assessing suitability for continued employment. Perhaps the modern internship is best explained by the following...

Article by McCarthy Tétrault LLP / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll, Union Relations / Apprenticeship, assessing suitability for continued employment, collective agreement, employment law, employment standards act, HootSuite controversy, intern relationships, interns, internships, Labour Law, labour market, Ministry of Labour, MOL, ontario, pay minimum wage, policy statement, potential liability, promised a job, skill used by the employer, temps, training, unpaid internship, unpaid staff, vocational school, volunteers, young workers

By Occasional Contributors | 6 Minutes Read July 30, 2012

The legality of unpaid internships in Ontario

We're pleased to present lawyer Andrew Langille of Youth and Work on what the law in Ontario says about unpaid internships. Here, Andrew focuses on the impact of unpaid internships on interns themselves, but organizations and businesses that use or hope to use unpaid interns must pay attention. It is crucial to know whether your intern is legally an intern (and therefore not subject to Ontario's Employment Standards Act), or actually an employee. And the answer might surprise you.

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