NYTIMES: Growth of Unpaid Internships May Be Illegal, Officials Say
With job openings scarce for young people, the number of unpaid internships has climbed in recent years, leading federal and state regulators to worry that more employers are illegally using such internships for free labor.
Convinced that many unpaid internships violate minimum wage laws, officials in Oregon, California and other states have begun investigations and fined employers.
…many employers failed to pay even though their internships did not comply with the six federal legal criteria that must be satisfied for internships to be unpaid.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/business/03intern.html?src=me&ref=general
