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notes Unpaid internships : common but illegal.

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This is probably the most interesting part:

The U.S. Department of Labor has outlined a list of criteria that ALL must be met in order for an internship to be unpaid…

4. The employer that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the trainees and on occasion the employer’s operations may actually be impeded;

My internship broke that rule all over the place. My work is still part of current and traveling museum exhibits … oops.

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sure, NOW you pay your interns. :P
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I think that Cartoon Network should pay attention to this. YOU TOO @MARVEL.
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But here’s the thing—read the link: they are in many cases illegal. They don’t get reported, but that’s no different...
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About a year ago my lawyers and HR director politely told me that technically ALL internships needed to be paid. I was...
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unpaid internships are NOT illegal first of all. There is some benefit from taking on any work experience at any company...
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^ ditto, except five months, unpaid, 10 to 6, five days a week, then worked for actual $$ three days a week. totally...
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Day 2 following Cameron and already benefitting from it.
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I’ve witnessed this first hand. There are supposed to be “perks” for working in the entertainment industry, but those...
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I spent seven months as a slave laborer an unpaid intern…well, I guess you could say I was paid in shoes. Worked...
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I have done enough unpaid internships with big name people to wish I had knew this a LOOONG time ago. Interns would do...
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While all of this may be very true, and waving the THIS IS ILLEGAL flag is all well and good, it’s not going to stop any...
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Being a college student in The Arts this summer I had two of what I’ve referred to as “unpaid internships.” One was...
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And then there’s Texas - a Right to Work state. You don’t want to work for what they’re paying you? Fine, you’ve got a...
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This isn’t exclusive to NYC/media, this is common in architecture, and I’ve even seen it in graphic design. I’ve never...
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I never knew about some unpaid internships being Illegal
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: Unpaid Internships – Common...making me laugh. At...made...
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I did all of those things at Troma…
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my university required us to get one internship for credit in order to graduate. when i interned at Regis and Kathy Lee...
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If I may step up on a rickety soapbox, something like a union could help here—everyone who’s not a trust fund kid...
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“…some companies try to get around the law by requiring that the internship be part of a college program. However, there...
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After suffering through 3 unpaid internships, I can attest to what goes on. And now, being without a job, and no...
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Basically why I left NYC/media. It was just too much money for an uncertain future.
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I’m really lucky to have a paid internship now, but at my last (unpaid) intership at a magazine, I had to sign a form...
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New York’s entertainment industry runs on unpaid (or severely underpaid) interns. It’s embarrassing, and it disgusts me...
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This shit constantly pissed me off....sift through craigslist enough
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My internship broke that rule all over the place. My work is still part of current and traveling museum exhibits … oops.
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