Section 1: Labor rights and exploitation screen Labor market exploitation The agency benefits more than I do from my field practicum. The agency uses unpaid field practicums instead of hiring paid employees to complete tasks. The agency uses unpaid student labor to make paid employees more productive. Labor-management exploitation The agency takes advantage of the fact that I need this field practicum. The agency expects me to perform field practicum tasks competently without adequate training. The agency expects me to be available to work outside of my scheduled hours. The agency does not care about whether my field practicum harms me, as long as the agency benefits from my work. The agency does not have fair personnel practices. Statistical calculations and benchmarks: Our goal is to have less than 20% of students report any labor market exploitation by their practicum agencies, defined as anything over a 1 on questions 1-3. Our goal is to have zero students reporting labor-management exploitation. Because these issues create an ethical obligation for practicum educators to end service relationships, students should be prepared to follow up with the practicum educator for more information in a confidential interview. Based on the practicum coordinator’s assessment, any labor-management exploitation should result in the termination of practicum placement with that agency.
#Payments4Placements is a part of how we assess our ADEI initiatives at SJU.
These are still a work in progress, but labor rights are assessed alongside role conflict and cultural attunement.
I think that a practicum exploitation index would be a helpful resource for