should people be paid for work trial

[ghostspirit]

hi my daughter went for an interview. she got an email saying they would like her to come in for a trial day. but its unpaid it will be for 9 hours. if it was couple of hours or so that does not seem so bad. but 9 hours and get nothing for it. is that normal?

[Mistigri]

Minimum wage legislation is there for a reason!

If its a trial that involves just observation or participating in some team building exercises then fine. If she's working she should be paid.

Employer is taking the piss, which may tell you what sort of employer they are going to be (but young people often have little choice but to accept this sort of illegal behaviour if they want a foothold in the job market).

[mumeeee]

She should be paid if she is doing a full days work trial.

[DrDre]

Bang out of order. When I went for the interview for my current job I had to do a computer test. After half an hour or so my future boss came in and said "if you do that any longer I'll have to pay you!" They shouldn't expect you to do anything over a couple of hours without being paid if you ask me.