Interns are not full-time workers, says Higher Education Minister


PUTRAJAYA: The government cannot force companies to treat interns the same as employees, says Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.

Responding to a media question on whether his ministry would review the policies of industrial training, the Higher Education Minister said: “Interns are not the same as full-time workers, therefore they are unable to earn equal wages.”

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