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 CONTEXT1 Internships: A policy and regulatory challenge 2Andrew Stewart, Rosemary Owens, Niall O’Higgins andAnne Hewitt2 The nature and prevalence of internships 17Andrew StewartPART II INTERNSHIPS AND EMPLOYABILITY3 What makes for a ‘good’ internship? 35Niall O’Higgins and Luis Pinedo Caro4 How do internships undertaken during higher educationaffect graduates’ labour-market outcomes in Italy and theUnited Kingdom? 55Charikleia Tzanakou, Luca Cattani, Daria Luchinskayaand Giulio Pedrini5 Challenging the assumptions supporting work experienceas a pathway to employment 76Paula McDonald, Andrew Stewart and Damian Oliver6 The (non)instrumental character of unpaid internships:Implications for regulating internships 91Wil Hunt and Charikleia TzanakouPART III REGULATING INTERNSHIPS: NATIONALPERSPECTIVES7 Rights and obligations in the context of internships andtraineeships: A German perspective 113Bernd Waas8 The law and regulation of internships in South Africa 130Mahlatse Innocent Malatji9 Internships and apprenticeships in Sweden, collectivebargaining and social partner involvement 145Jenny Julén Votinius and Mia Rönnmar10 Square pegs and round holes: Shrinking protections forunpaid interns under the Fair Labor Standards Act 163James J. Brudney11 Work experience, the contract of employment and thescope of labour law: The United Kingdom and Australiacompared 189Rosemary OwensPART IV INTERNSHIPS, EDUCATION AND WELFARE12 Regulating international educational internships:Opportunities and challenges 208Joanna Howe13 Universities as internship regulators: Evidence from Australia 223Anne Hewitt14 Regulating internships in active labour marketprogrammes: A comparative perspective 239Irene Nikoloudakis15 Trainees – the new army of cheap labour: Lessons from workfare 255Amir Paz-Fuchs16 Extending social security to trainees in Spain, France andGermany: A tale of segmentation 269Alexandre de le CourtPART V HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY17 Fundamental rights broadening the scope of labour law?The example of trainees 285Annika Rosin18 Working at the edges of legal protection: Equality law andyouth work experience from a comparative perspective 302Alysia Blackham19 Traineeships and systemic discrimination against young workers 321Julia López LópezPART VI INTERNSHIP REGULATION: INTO THE FUTURE20 Developing new standards for internships 335Andrew Stewart, Rosemary Owens, Niall O’Higgins andAnne HewittIndex

‘An important and much-needed volume. It foregrounds internships as a significant feature of modern labour markets and a key policy and regulatory challenge. An impressively international volume, the book draws on the work of leading experts from a range of disciplines. It clearly outlines the policy challenges and proposes a valuable set of principles for effective regulation.’