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Unpaid Interns: Real World Work Or Just Free Labor?
November 17, 2011 /
The Department of Labor has said that this sort of work may be illegal for unpaid interns to do. In fact, the Supreme Court ruled more than 50 years ago that only work done for training purposes could go unpaid. The Labor Department says companies began skirting the rule. Last year, it moved to issue a six-point test http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs71.htm that for-profit internships must pass to comply with labor laws.
by Beenish Ahmed
Full Story: http://www.npr.org/2011/11/16/142224360/unpaid-interns-real-world-work-or-just-free-labor
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