KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 — Companies should give interns an allowance to cover their travel and food expenses rather than expecting them to do unpaid labour, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim insisted today.
However, he said this would be left up to companies and the government will not fix a policy on it as internships are not forced, he clarified at the launch ceremony of the Capital Market Graduate Programme “InvestED”. “The government will not determine a clear policy because this is an internship programme that cannot be forced.
“And the more companies take interns, the better for our youth,” he said in his speech at the event held at the Securities Commission in Mont Kiara.
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