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29/01/2013
Proposals Could See Interns Working For Free
Changes to the JobBridge scheme being considered by the government could see some participants working for free.
Currently recipients of social welfare are entitled to take part in the national internship scheme and they receive an allowance of €50 per week, on top of their welfare payments, for work placements of up to nine months.
However, a report by the Department of Social Protection recommends extending the scheme to participants with no previous social welfare entitlement, these interns would not receive any payment from the State.
The report does state that “consideration should be given to paying the €50 weekly JobBridge allowance to the small number of participants without basic welfare payments.”
The possibility that interns could work for free is likely to add to criticism of the scheme from groups such as the Socialist Party, who claim that some employers are exploiting the scheme and are using it as source of cheap labour.
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Currently recipients of social welfare are entitled to take part in the national internship scheme and they receive an allowance of €50 per week, on top of their welfare payments, for work placements of up to nine months.
However, a report by the Department of Social Protection recommends extending the scheme to participants with no previous social welfare entitlement, these interns would not receive any payment from the State.
The report does state that “consideration should be given to paying the €50 weekly JobBridge allowance to the small number of participants without basic welfare payments.”
The possibility that interns could work for free is likely to add to criticism of the scheme from groups such as the Socialist Party, who claim that some employers are exploiting the scheme and are using it as source of cheap labour.
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