EU: European Parliament urges European Commission to ban unpaid internships

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On 14 June the European Parliament overwhelmingly voted in favour (404–78, 130 abstentions) of an own-initiative report on quality internships. The text covers voluntary traineeships, traineeships for people struggling to secure employment, and traineeships that must be validated as part of a vocational training course.

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