With the economy in a slump and college enrollment on the rise, a perfect storm has developed for many companies to get away with “hiring” unpaid interns. Afterall, who is really going to enforce it? Many media outlets use the practice of “employing” unpaid interns, so chances are that they are not going to spread the word.
Companies know that college students want internships to gain experience (and sometimes credit) and interns are desperate to get any internship they can
However, even if an internship is for credit, the U.S. Department of Labor states that the following six criteria must be met for an unpaid internship to be legal: (more…)
