Les revues canadiennes devront maintenant payer leurs stagiaires. Du moins si elles ne les congédient pas…
Canadian magazines are bracing for a regulatory crackdown across the industry after two of the country’s highest-profile publications suspended their unpaid internship programs amid accusations of unfair labour practices.
The Walrus and Toronto Life magazines will stop employing unpaid interns on Friday, after the Ontario Ministry of Labour informed them the programs, which brought in aspiring journalists, designers and others for temporary unpaid stints, contravened the Employment Standards Act.