purplerabbits

Everything about that news item sucks!

School is not an employer or a temping agency. If they allowed their students to film during school hours, that's a deal between them and the students, while wages is between the students and the film company. I don't see how the school can decide after the fact to keep the wages.

I think schools are in the business of teaching, not contracting out their students. Did the students have a choice as to whether to do the work or not?

Also, "work experience" certainly includes the concept of getting paid in my opinion. The only work-experience-giving aspect of this event is learning how to deal with an unscrupulous employer who wants to pilfer your wages. I guess that's valuable experience.

Finally, the concept that the council should "develop an overall policy to govern payments from future Harry Potter films" ought to be grounds for impeachment.

Pavlos