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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

You should talk to an employment lawyer about this issue and look at case law. It is in the wheelhouse of many courts right now. And there is more than one person here who is saying the same thing. [/quote]

OMG you are so uptight DC.  Unclench.[/quote]

Have fun getting sued!  Maybe it will even be a class action! [/quote]

Wow.  You really ARE an asshat.  I've hired interns under contracts.  You sign a contract saying that you will work XX hours/week for 8 weeks for $0 but XX hours of class credit doing XYZ activities, you have NO leg to stand on in court.  That's basic contract law, dipshit.[/quote]

Yeah, I am the dipshit. You do realize you can't contract around a lot of statutory requirements, right?!  I suggest you call up your friendly local employment lawyer. [/quote]

Anyone can write up a BS contract for something illegal. Doesn't mean the contract is worth anything.  It happens all the time, because HR geniuses don't know the law.[/quote]

Yes and again, NO COURT - NOT ONE - has ruled that unpaid internships fall outside of "statutory requirements."[/quote]

Dude. We have this thing called the Department of Labor. Hope no one calls them on you![/quote]

Dude.  See my link above.  ASSHAT.  [/quote]

Your interns are probably dialing as we type...[/quote]

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