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Many businesses are relying on young people working for them unpaid. One in five businesses will offer work placements and internships this summer but many are expected to offer these as unpaid. Sectors like fashion have unpaid internships available for newly graduates, but the employers have to be careful that they are not laying out set tasks and not requesting that work is done within set hours which a normal employee would be expected to do. If the employer is found requesting the unpaid worker to perform the same tasks as a normal employee then the employer could be found to be breaking the law. As the majority of internships and placements are filled by newly graduates or young people, the Institute for Public Policy Research wants these young people to be treated fairly and no longer have to work for free. However this could result in businesses no longer offering placements and internships to young people.