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I was also thinking along the same lines for unpaid internships. Companies have billions in the bank, make tens of billions profit each year, and have "staff"
by grecy 9y ago
I was also thinking along the same lines for unpaid internships.
Companies have billions in the bank, make tens of billions profit each year, and have "staff" working who they don't pay a cent to.
The fact there are no laws against that is evil.
- throwaway76543 9y agoFacebook interns are paid, and paid quite well. It is, in fact, illegal to not pay an intern in the state of California if the intern performs beneficial work. Your entire rant is predicated on untrue assumptions.
- grecy 9y agoWhy do I continually hear the term "unpaid intern". I believe there is more to the US than just California, right?
- dragonwriter 9y ago> Why do I continually hear the term "unpaid intern". Because those things still exist, just not doing employer-sponsored g work in for-profit firms. > I believe there is more to the US than just California, right? Yes, and unpaid interns doing work that directly benefits the employer is a violation of rules under the Fair Labor Standards Act in the whole US, not just California.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> It is, in fact, illegal to not pay an intern in the state of California if the intern performs beneficial work. It's illegal in the whole US: https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs71.htm https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs71.htm
- throwaway76543 9y agoThank you, good to know. I limited my claim to California as that was the scope of my certainty.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> The fact there are no laws against that is evil. Except that is not a fact, at least in the US.