Journalist urges government to intervene on free work

Posted by Paul McNally on 10 October 2008 at 09:58
Tags: Journalism

A campaigning freelance journalist has presented a 70-page dossier of evidence to the government’s low pay commission claiming many news groups are breaking the rules by using unpaid work experience people for what should be paid casual work.

Mark Turner said he had found a number of job ads for unpaid full-time positions in roles that should be paid - such as that of editorial assistant on a title.

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