The Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Franz Müntefering, criticized on March 28, 2007, abuses certain companies carry out in terms of internship. The Ministry created a website for the "internship generation" whereas two petitions claiming for a supervision of this practice were signed by over 100,000 people. (Ref. (070292)
“There are obviously cases of companies exploiting young people in this function”, Franz Müntefering regretted, judging that it is “a problem that people get out of the university to work full time for several months, and often do not receive anything in exchange”. The government will organize public consultations on this topic next fall in order to determine what can and must be changed, announced the Minister. A website was already created, reminding the internship’s juridical aspects with a
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