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    The government's youth $4 an hour scheme "PATH" is only months old but has already had scores of employers banned for not even bothering to pay its victims a miserable $4 an hour (Buzz Feed):

    Newstart allowance recipient Lauren (not her real name) agreed to start a PaTH internship at an Espresso Lane coffee chain franchise in Wollert on Melbourne's northern fringe in early July.

    But before she had even signed a contract, the 19-year-old said she was rostered on for two eight-hour days over a weekend.

    "[The manager] said he would give me gift cards [as payment], but he didn't say when," the 19-year-old told BuzzFeed News.

    "I hadn't been informed about what the internship was, and I hadn't even seen the contract at this point.

    "I still haven't got any money [for the 16 hours of work], or the gift cards."

    A Melbourne man, David, told BuzzFeed News yesterday he was chasing more than $2,000 in lost wages after he worked unpaid overtime for the same business.

    Having worked in that employment services sector for many years it seems certain that there'll be dodgy employers attracted to this thing like bees to a honey-pot. It also seems likely that there'll be no jobs for people at the end of their 'internship' - not when there's a queue of other $4 an hour people to be had.

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    Edited 03 Sep 2017 13:44, 4 years ago, edited by don_dunstan

    The government's youth $4 an hour scheme "PATH" is only months old but has already had scores of employers banned for not even bothering to pay its victims a miserable $4 an hour (Buzz Feed):

    Newstart allowance recipient Lauren (not her real name) agreed to start a PaTH internship at an Espresso Lane coffee chain franchise in Wollert on Melbourne's northern fringe in early July.

    But before she had even signed a contract, the 19-year-old said she was rostered on for two eight-hour days over a weekend.

    "[The manager] said he would give me gift cards [as payment], but he didn't say when," the 19-year-old told BuzzFeed News.

    "I hadn't been informed about what the internship was, and I hadn't even seen the contract at this point.

    "I still haven't got any money [for the 16 hours of work], or the gift cards."

    A Melbourne man, David, told BuzzFeed News yesterday he was chasing more than $2,000 in lost wages after he worked unpaid overtime for the same business.

    Having worked in that employment services sector for many years it seems certain that there'll be dodgy employers attracted to this thing like bees to a honey-pot. It also seems likely that there'll be no jobs for people at the end of their 'internship' - not when there's a queue of other $4 an hour people to be had.