These laws are all well and good, but in practice: 1. Completely ignored everywhere because it cuts costs to have an intern 2. Obeyed because it protects corp

These laws are all well and good, but in practice: 1. Completely ignored everywhere because it cuts costs to have an intern 2. Obeyed because it protects corporate profits 3. Obeyed because it protects corporate profits 4. Obeyed because that's the only way to extract work/profit from the intern 5. Obeyed because that's the only way to extract work/profit from the intern 6. Completely flagrantly and aggressively ignored 100% of the time, always, everywhere So I guess the laws are strict, but not ever enforced. The intern-ization of corporate US is a pretty well documented situation which has been used to slash costs at the entry level, thus creating a new "entry level" which requires internship experience and pays effectively what a non-free intern used to make.