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25-Apr-08 11:15 [Pay and Reward]
NUJ to crack down on minimum wage abuses The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has threatened to expose media organisations which break the minimum wage laws by using work experience placements to cover full-time work.
In a survey by the NUJ, it has been revealed 20 per cent of post-qualification students on work experience at media firms took the post for three months or more with little or no pay.
NUJ general secretary Jeremy Dear said: "This isn't work experience, it's exploitation. Demanding that people put in months of work for free doesn't help companies find the best journalists, it helps them find the ones that can afford to put in the hours without pay."
He added that even people who are willing to even people who can afford to work for free are "often getting poor quality experience".
Also revealed by the research was that 50 per cent of work experience placements in the sector took place after students had gained their qualifications.
The NUJ acts as a voice of journalists and journalism.
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