Money is not the root of all evil Illegal Unpaid Internships are!

In Canada, each year approximately 300,00 individuals (mostly female) take on unpaid work in the form of internships, but the number is likely much higher due to our government's lack of interest in tracking illegal unpaid internships, or even recognizing that they exist.

Pay Your Interns! is a brutally honest, unapologetic critique of the shady practice of Canadian employers turning a blind eye to the Employment Standards Act by “hiring” interns, who are expected to perform the work of a “paid” employee, for free!

What is an intern? What is the difference between a legal/illegal internship? Is a volunteer an intern? Is an intern an unpaid employee? What is our government doing to protect young professionals from unscrupulous employers looking for free labour? What can an intern do to protect their workplace rights? Pay Your Interns! answers these questions & many more.

The film delivers information and communicates ideas in a visually cheeky way by juxtaposing archival footage against interviews with advocates, brave unpaid interns, rally protesters, and people on the street, who offer their take on volunteerism, internships and paid employment.

Pay your interns! is not just informative and provocative, it's fun, too! And, the film's message is simple and clear - you guessed it - Pay Your Interns!

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