Internships, Employability and the Search for Decent Work Experience

Edited by Andrew Stewart, John Bray Professor Law, University of Adelaide, Rosemary Owens, Emerita Professor, Law School, University of Adelaide, Australia, Niall O’Higgins, Senior Economist, International Labour Office, Switzerland and Anne Hewitt, Associate Professor, University of Adelaide, Australia

Contents:

PART I BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT
1 Internships: A policy and regulatory challenge 2
Andrew Stewart, Rosemary Owens, Niall O’Higgins and
Anne Hewitt
2 The nature and prevalence of internships 17
Andrew Stewart

PART II INTERNSHIPS AND EMPLOYABILITY
3 What makes for a ‘good’ internship? 35
Niall O’Higgins and Luis Pinedo Caro
4 How do internships undertaken during higher education
affect graduates’ labour-market outcomes in Italy and the
United Kingdom? 55
Charikleia Tzanakou, Luca Cattani, Daria Luchinskaya
and Giulio Pedrini
5 Challenging the assumptions supporting work experience
as a pathway to employment 76
Paula McDonald, Andrew Stewart and Damian Oliver
6 The (non)instrumental character of unpaid internships:
Implications for regulating internships 91
Wil Hunt and Charikleia Tzanakou

PART III REGULATING INTERNSHIPS: NATIONAL
PERSPECTIVES
7 Rights and obligations in the context of internships and
traineeships: A German perspective 113
Bernd Waas
8 The law and regulation of internships in South Africa 130
Mahlatse Innocent Malatji
9 Internships and apprenticeships in Sweden, collective
bargaining and social partner involvement 145
Jenny Julén Votinius and Mia Rönnmar
10 Square pegs and round holes: Shrinking protections for
unpaid interns under the Fair Labor Standards Act 163
James J. Brudney
11 Work experience, the contract of employment and the
scope of labour law: The United Kingdom and Australia
compared 189
Rosemary Owens

PART IV INTERNSHIPS, EDUCATION AND WELFARE
12 Regulating international educational internships:
Opportunities and challenges 208
Joanna Howe
13 Universities as internship regulators: Evidence from Australia 223
Anne Hewitt
14 Regulating internships in active labour market
programmes: A comparative perspective 239
Irene Nikoloudakis
15 Trainees – the new army of cheap labour: Lessons from workfare 255
Amir Paz-Fuchs
16 Extending social security to trainees in Spain, France and
Germany: A tale of segmentation 269
Alexandre de le Court

PART V HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
17 Fundamental rights broadening the scope of labour law?
The example of trainees 285
Annika Rosin
18 Working at the edges of legal protection: Equality law and
youth work experience from a comparative perspective 302
Alysia Blackham
19 Traineeships and systemic discrimination against young workers 321
Julia López López

PART VI INTERNSHIP REGULATION: INTO THE FUTURE
20 Developing new standards for internships 335
Andrew Stewart, Rosemary Owens, Niall O’Higgins and
Anne Hewitt

Index