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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Aren't unpaid internships more or less illegal now?

You want free labor to do grunt work, you get what you pay for.[/quote]

No they are not "illegal."  :roll: For Pete's sake people, internships allow college students to gain professional experience so that they can actually have a leg up on getting a paid job when they graduate.  They may be unpaid financially but the interns are certainly gaining something valuable for their future - if you are constructing the internship in a useful way.  [/quote]

There are huge wage/hour issues with them. [/quote]

No, there are not.  Generally you have the intern sign a contract that states what will be expected of them.  I have NEVER worked for an organization/company that tried to use interns like slave labor.  You have a seriously bizarre hangup about this.[/quote]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/theemploymentbeat/2013/02/14/unpaid-intern-pay-suits-on-the-rise/[/quote]

Yeah, let's talk after a judge has ruled.  I'm sure these companies are quaking in their boots that a few litigious kids (or more likely their parents like "bullshit" poster upthread) have more time and money, and entitlement on their hands than they know what to constructively do with.[/quote]

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