Traineeships: a tool to exploit workers?
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Reports have emerged that On The Run, one of South Australia’s biggest employers, is under investigation for its traineeship program. Participants in traineeships get a lower wage than other employees. We put the call out today and were inundated with stories from people that felt exploited by traineeships, saying they either never got training, or it wasn’t relevant to their job. So how big is the issue, and what can workers do if they’re being exploited?
SA’s On The Run convenience store under investigation for traineeship wage loophole (ABC News)
Music: ‘Rise’, by Igor Khabarov, used under creative commons CC BY-NC 3.0
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