> I also believe unpaid internships should also be illegal unless they are purely observational In the US, it is already illegal, and has been this way for a w

> I also believe unpaid internships should also be illegal unless they are purely observational In the US, it is already illegal, and has been this way for a while. The enforcement in practice is another story though. Here[0] is the source with all nitty gritty, but a simplified tldr is that unless an intern’s output during the internship is not making money for the company and is pretty much purely an educational venture, the intern gotta get paid at least the minimum wage. 0. https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/71-flsa-internships https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/71-flsa-interns...