A national Labour Appeals Court in Argentina has annulled an agreement between the Labour Ministry and the McDonalds fast food company. Under the terms of the arrangement McDonalds would hire 5,000 young people temporarily as interns, being paid 4,500 pesos ($US293) per month – well below the national minimum wage. The trade union group opposing the agreement told the court that the interns would not receive a pay slip, have social security contributions paid by the company or receive any overtime pay or year-end bonus in line with other company employees.