the latest from the youth forum
What's new? Check out the latest news, statements and more from the Youth Forum.
Two steps forward, one step back
Picture yourself, a young person, starting your working life looking for a proper job. Instead you just find internship vacancies, and at the very end of many of the notices the magical sentence appears: “This internship is unpaid.” The Commission had one job to do: ban unpaid internships. Did they deliver? Well…they sort of tried. Read our article to find out more!
Unpaid Internships cost youngsters over €1000 per month, deepening inequalities
New research reveals the financial, social and mental costs that unpaid interns must pay in order to enter the labour market.
call us interns ⎸ film & networking night, 17 October
We want internships that pay. Meet the young people fighting back against unpaid work. It's us.
Are you one of us? Doesn't matter if you are an intern or not, come and join us for the film & networking night in Flagey on 17 October.
Belgium must do more to stop unpaid internships, rules international human rights body
The result of a Collective Complaint, submitted by the European Youth Forum, found that current labour inspection systems in Belgium fail to offer enough protection to vulnerable and disadvantaged young interns.