Newsflash: There are more countries than the US of A and your laws do not apply here.

Yeah but Google is mostly a US company so it was an easy slip to make.

Not in the United Kingdom.

Although I'd imagine Google pay their interns

I did miss that it was in London, but I'm still surprised that there is some form of worker protection law that the US has that the UK doesn't.

There's pretty strict rules about what does or doesn't count as an internship though.

https://www.gov.uk/employment-rights-for-interns

just want to point out that your link explicitly refutes your statement. They are not illegal and you linked to a test about legality of unpaid internships:

> There are some circumstances under which individuals who participate in “for-profit” private sector internships or training programs may do so without compensation.

Yes, there is a list of criteria in that section. This job fails to meet several of them, especially number 4: The employer that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the intern; and on occasion its operations may actually be impeded;

> Unpaid internships are illegal Sorry venerable Sir, what planet you're talking about?

"But whatever your moral leanings, a judge on Tuesday confirmed what intern advocates have been alleging for years: a lot of these programs are illegal."

"it's hard to predict what appeals court judges will rule on any of these cases."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/06/13/are-u...