Working closely in cooperation with businesses, trade bodies and trade unions, they aim to help employers develop high quality internship schemes with recruitment based on merit, and payment that complies with employment law.
Main proposal • (Excluding existing exemptions) the UK Government should designate anyone who has undertaken a period of work experience for over four weeks to be a “worker” under the meaning of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) Act.
Other proposals The organisation started as a Facebook group named "Interns Must Be Paid The Minimum Wage".
[2][3][4] It also campaigned during the Labour Party's leadership election, securing the support of all five candidates[5][6] and persuading Andy Burnham MP to demand that the BBC end unpaid work experience.
[7] The campaign has also drawn attention to the connection between increased graduate unemployment and unpaid interns.