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In fact, I'm pretty sure that an internship where you create something that a company benefits from, and you are not paid for it is illegal (although by no mean
by russell_h 15y ago
In fact, I'm pretty sure that an internship where you create something that a company benefits from, and you are not paid for it is illegal (although by no means uncommon) under US labor laws.
See: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/business/03intern.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/business/03intern.html
Which references: http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach/TEGL/TEGL12-09acc.pdf http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach/TEGL/TEGL12-09acc.pd...
- true_religion 15y agoI doubt its illegal because I have friends who interned at the department of labor (and other govt. jobs) doing all the jobs that would be commonly parsed out to full time employees.
- polymatter 15y agoYou are assuming that it is always true that the government bureaucracy is always in complete compliance with the law. I believe this is an unwarranted assumption.