Almost a third of UK companies treat interns "unfairly", according to a survey by OnePoll for office space provider Business Environment. "Internships can be rewarding and useful experiences for both the intern and the company – but a significant minority of placements are used as cheap labour, providing little experience or benefit to the jobseeker," said David Saul, chief executive of Business Environment. The study also found that just two-fifths of businesses (40.3%) pay their interns the National Minimum Wage (NMW) or above. This is despite more than two-fifths of companies (42.8%) regularly employing interns for more than three weeks at a time.
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