Many interns are already entitled to the National Minimum Wage. The term \u201cintern\u201d is not defined in any legislation: entitlement to the minimum wage depends on whether or not an individual is a worker for minimum wage purposes.<\/p>
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The National Minimum Wage applies to all workers unless a specific exemption applies. If an intern is a worker they will be entitled to the minimum wage. An applicable exemption would be students in further or higher education performing work-experience for a period not exceeding 12 months which is part of their studies. It can be legitimate for employers to offer unpaid or \u2018expenses-only\u2019 opportunities in some circumstances \u2013 in particular where the individual is acting as a volunteer.<\/p>
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Given this dependency on employment status, it is vital that employers and workers understand how this is determined. This is why last month, the Business Secretary announced a review of employment status, looking at how the system could be clarified, providing transparency for both individuals and employers. This is an internal review and findings will be presented to ministers early next year.<\/p>
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There are currently no plans to specifically consider individuals covered by the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975.<\/p>
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The United Kingdom receives an allocation for the Structural Funds (the European Regional Development Fund and European Social Fund) but not the Cohesion Fund.<\/p>
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A large number of United Kingdom organisations received European Funding under Structural Funds programmes in the last year. As these are too numerous to set down here, I have provided below details of websites which contain lists of beneficiary organisations.<\/p>
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The links to the Structural Funds programmes are:<\/p>
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ERDF Programmes in England: https://www.gov.uk/erdf-programmes-progress-and-achievements<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> ESF England and Gibraltar: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/european-social-fund-2007-to-2013<\/a><\/p> <\/p> Devolved Administrations (ERDF & ESF)<\/p> <\/p> Northern Ireland: http://www.dfpni.gov.uk/index/finance/european-funding.htm<\/a><\/p> <\/p> Scotland: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Business-Industry/support/17404/StructuralFunds2007-2013<\/a><\/p> <\/p> Wales: http://wefo.wales.gov.uk/programmes/progress/searchprojects/?lang=en<\/a><\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> In terms of other sources of EU funding that BIS is responsible for, this includes the Framework Programme 7 for Research & Innovation with numerous participants from Higher Education, Research Organisations, Private Sector and Public bodies. Project information is not set out on the Commission website in such a way as to make it easy to identify UK recipients of EU funding in a calendar year.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Another source of EU funding that BIS was responsible for was the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (EIP) under the Competitiveness of Innovation and Enterprises (CIP). The latest beneficiaries report is the 2012 version. The following link will provide more information about the recipients of the programme, Beneficiaries Report October 2012 Final Version<\/a> \u2013 http://ec.europa.eu/cip/files/cip/docs/beneficiaries-report-october-2012.en.pdf<\/a><\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100004/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " This Government is absolutely clear: exploitation of interns is unacceptable and we don\u2019t hesitate to act where we find that employment law has been broken and someone who is entitled to the minimum wage hasn\u2019t been paid it.<\/p> <\/p> Complaints from interns about non-payment of the minimum wage are prioritised by HMRC for investigation and HMRC will investigate every complaint made to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline.<\/p> <\/p> Research shows that internships and work experience programmes can be valuable opportunities for young people taking their first steps in the labour market. Our work on interns and the National Minimum Wage aims to achieve the right balance between ensuring that opportunities for young people are not cut off and minimising the risk of exploitation.<\/p> <\/p> Our concern, if we were to prohibit unpaid internships, is that this may lead to employers recruiting interns through informal and privileged networks with adverse effects on social mobility or have adverse consequences on the number of available opportunities.<\/p> <\/p> There is no definition of an internship in minimum wage legislation and interns are considered in the same way as everyone else with regards to whether the minimum wage is due. The key issue is whether or not they are workers as defined by minimum wage legislation. If they are, then they are eligible for the minimum wage unless a specific exemption applies. Volunteers are not workers and are not eligible for the minimum wage.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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