FOI release: use of interns, work experience placements in British embassies
Use of interns, work experience placements in British embassies.
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FOI ref 0055-14 gives information on the FCO’s use of interns and work experience placements over the past 5 years in Ankara, Beijing, Brasilia, Brussels, New Delhi, Pretoria and Rome. It explains that embassies, high commissions and permanent representations run work experience and internship schemes in accordance with local, rather than UK, law. Local labour law dictates the level of remuneration offered