Want diversity at work? Ditch the unpaid ‘experience internship’

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The path to true inclusivity lies in providing fair and equitable compensation for any services rendered — regardless of age, education level or prior workplace experience. This article is over a year old, and the information within may be out of date. Work, in and of itself, comes with a price tag. There’s a cost to commute. There’s a cost for meals. There’s a huge opportunity cost, in that the unpaid internship eats into time that someone could be putting into an actual job that pays the bills. The federal government has announced it wants 500,000 new immigrants coming annually to Canada by 2025. At a time when the country — the entire North American continent, in fact — is facing labour shortfalls, this is a step in the right direction. Many newcomers to Canada arrive as students. Our colleges and universities welcome foreign students and their higher tuition fees. It’s one reason we have more than 500,000 international students at all levels, and hundreds of thousands more slated t

Home Business The path to true inclusivity lies in providing fair and equitable compensation for any services rendered — regardless of age, education level or prior workplace experience. "/> Work, in and of itself, comes with a price tag. There’s a cost to commute. There’s a cost for meals. There’s a huge opportunity cost, in that the unpaid internship eats into time that someone could be putting into an actual job that pays the bills. Steve Russell / Toronto Star FILE PHOTO flag wire: false flag sponsored: false article_type: Opinion pubinfo.section: cms.site.custom.site_domain : thestar.com

Want diversity at work? Ditch the unpaid ‘experience internship’

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