Dates:    July 2015 and January 2016

Recent amendments to Part III of the Canada Labour Code provide labour standard protections to paid interns under federal jurisdiction. The amendments also specify the limited circumstances when an intern can be unpaid and allow for some labour standard protections to apply to unpaid interns through regulations.

Sheil Communications facilitated the Labour Program’s initial and subsequent regulatory consultations to help the department gather stakeholder views on the labour standards protections that should apply to unpaid interns.