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Section : What is a student placement?
Domain : Human Resource Management
Classification : Not Identified
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Under the FW Act, a student placement is lawfully unpaid if it meets all the following criteria:
- There must be a placement. This can be arranged by the educational or training institution, or a student may initiate the placement with an individual business directly, in line with the requirements of their course.
- There is no entitlement to pay for the work the student undertakes. Where a student's contract with the host business or organisation entitles them to receive money for the work they perform, the placement will likely have turned into an employment relationship. Similarly, work arrangements covered by industrial awards or agreements are not student placements.
- The placement must be done as a requirement of an education or training course. The placement must be a required component of the course as a whole, or of an individual subject or module of the course. It doesn't matter whether that subject is compulsory or an elective chosen by the student.