23rd October 2010, 10:01 AM
(This post was last modified: 23rd October 2010, 10:03 AM by kevin wooldridge.)
GnomeKing Wrote:previous threads have discussed this >>> "how can better professional conditions and pay be enacted if there are keen enthusiasts willing to do it for next-to-nothing"... ???
I wouldn't be so naive to say that it doesn't happen, but ..... IfA members and IfA registered organisations are committed to the IfA Code of Practice on the use of volunteers. http://www.archaeologists.net/sites/defa...ements.pdf If anyone has evidence that an IfA member or registered organisation is in contravention of this Code they might have reason to make a complaint against member or organisation.
Also recently an industrial tribunal has ruled that 'unpaid interns' carrying out tasks that would normally be defined as work are entitled to receive the UK minimum wage. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10869607. Unfortunately the IfA in its most recent edition of 'The Archaeologist' magazine states that this ruling is not applicable to archaeology.... I have my doubts that they are correct in that opinion and I am sure they will come around to changing their minds if enough people tell them they are wrong...
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