Unpaid intern who sued Sony awarded £4,600 Work Programme ? Sony argued that Mr Jarvis was a volunteer so did not need to be paid, but Jasmine Patel, who helped Mr Jarvis with his case, said: “If someone is working set hours ... and is adding value to the company so that if they were not doing the task someone else would have to be paid to do it, then it is more likely they will be defined as a worker in law, entitled to be paid “Voluntary workers can only be employed unpaid by a charity, a voluntary organisation, an associated fund-raising body or a statutory body. You can be a volunteer worker at a commercial company, but you still qualify for the minimum wage."
Posted on: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:03:59 +0000