Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Are Unpaid Internships Legal?

By: Kandice Thorn

It is not uncommon for students and law graduates these days to be offered unpaid internships with for-profit companies and law firms, but in most cases, such internships violate the Fair Labor Standards Act. Click on the link below to see the Department of Labor's test for unpaid interns.

http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs71.htm

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