Unpaid Interns

Employment Law Advisory for May 16, 2013: As Summer Approaches, Is Your Business Contemplating Interns?

by Hopkins & Carley on 5/17/2013

Internships have long been a popular way for college students to gain valuable on-the-job experience and exposure to a particular employer or industry. When paying jobs are in short supply, individuals seeking relevant...more

SuperVision Today - 2nd Quarter 2013

by Erin Jones Adams, R. Scott Adams, Alyesha Asghar Dotson, Carrie Harris, Eric W. Iskra, Eric E. Kinder, Richard Wallace | Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 5/16/2013

In This Issue: - Notes from the Chair & Executive Editor - The Board Plays On: The NLRB Clarifies Its Position on At-Will Disclaimers - Interns This Summer? Evaluating Your Unpaid Internship Programs...more

Ways to Help Business Internship Partners Avoid DOL Pitfalls

by Shannon O'Guin | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/10/2013

Many colleges and universities require some kind of practical, hands-on experience as a part of their curriculum. Employers and schools alike place a premium on real world experience that cannot always be gained from sitting...more

To Pay or Not to Pay? The Test for the Unpaid Intern

by David Dubberly | Nexsen Pruet, PLLC on 5/9/2013

As the end of another academic year approaches, college students across the country are seeking summer employment opportunities. As a result, your organization may soon be faced with the question of whether to hire summer...more

Employment Law Newsletter - May 2013

by Arianna Gleckel, Rachelle E. Hill | Bean, Kinney & Korman, PC on 5/8/2013

In This Issue: - Thinking about Hiring an Unpaid Summer Intern? What You Need to Know - Pets in the Workplace: Should Your Company Open its Doors to Employees’ Furry Friends? - Excerpt from Thinking about...more

Thinking About Hiring An Unpaid Summer Intern? What You Need To Know

by Arianna Gleckel | Bean, Kinney & Korman, PC on 5/2/2013

With summer approaching, you may be considering hiring an unpaid intern for the summer months. The process for doing so seems pretty cut and dry. However, litigation in the area of internships has recently increased due to...more

Are Unpaid Interns Handy Helpers or a Source of Liability?

by Krista Cabrera | Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/23/2013

Summer is fast approaching and along with the dog days of pool time, family vacations, and outdoor activities, comes summer break for students. For many companies, this means an influx of potential interns anxious to learn...more

Take 5 Newsletter: EEOC Update; Intern Wage and Hour Claims; NLRB Quorum; Unemployment Discrimination; Social Media Passwords

by David Garland | Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. on 4/5/2013

EEOC Releases Letter Addressing Wellness Programs and Reasonable Accommodation Obligations - In a letter issued recently by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), Peggy Mastroianni, the agency's Legal Counsel,...more

Internships: Out of Fashion

by Kelly Scott | Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 3/20/2013

A former unpaid intern, Dajia Davenport, recently filed a class action lawsuit against Elite Model Management. The lawsuit was filed in the Southern District Court of New York and seeks $50 million in connection with various...more

Risks Of "Internship" Claims And Liability Still Increasing

by John E. Thompson | Fisher & Phillips LLP on 3/1/2013

We have warned for some time now that businesses and other organizations should think carefully if they are considering the possibility of permitting unpaid internships. What might be described as the internship "season" is...more

Employer’s Requirement That Unpaid Interns Receive College Credit Was Not An Unlawful Deduction From Wages Under New York Labor...

by Hema Chatlani, Allison Ianni, Caitlin Senff Ladd, Aaron Warshaw | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/31/2013

Wang v. Hearst Corp., 12-CV-0793 (HB) (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 9, 2013): Like many corporations, Hearst Corporation required that its unpaid interns receive college credit as a condition of their internship. In Wang, the plaintiff...more

Payment Required: New York Court Finds No Violation Of New York Labor Law Section 193 Where Unpaid Interns Did Not Receive Wages...

by Sean Kirby | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/24/2013

In Wang, et al. v. The Hearst Corporation, 12 CV 793 (HB) (January 9, 2013), Judge Harold Baer of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted the Hearst Corporation’s (“Hearst”) motion for...more

Unpaid Interns, Volunteers, And Trainees

by Michael Kelsheimer | Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 12/31/2012

Who, What, Why . . . Who does it apply to: Every employer who has or intends to hire unpaid interns. When must an intern be paid: All “employees” of a business must be paid at least minimum wage unless they are a...more

Employers Need To Be Careful When Classifying Individuals As Unpaid Interns

by Steven A. Rowe, David L. Woodard | Poyner Spruill LLP on 12/18/2012

Students of all ages seek out desirable unpaid internships. An internship gives the individual valuable experience in a potential chosen field of employment and could possibly lead to a job offer. Recently, a movie production...more

Volunteers And Interns Not “Employees” For Purposes Of Minimum Thresholds Under Title VII And The ADA

by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/1/2012

Pastor v. Partnership for Children’s Rights, 10-cv-5167 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 27, 2012): In this discrimination case, the Partnership for Children’s Rights sought to dismiss the complaint on the grounds that it was not an...more

Media Law Bulletin -- November 2012: On the Job: The High Cost of Some Unpaid Internships

by Gail Kavanagh | Sedgwick LLP on 11/16/2012

She’s studying journalism on her way to a career in fashion publishing. Knowing it is almost impossible to get a job in the industry without experience, she was thrilled to be selected for an internship at one of the...more

10 Questions You May Be Asked At Your Next Social Gathering

by Carrie Rosen | Cozen O'Connor on 11/6/2012

'Tis the season of football games, holiday parties and family gatherings. Whether you are huddled around the TV or a fireplace, you just might find yourself stuck in a conversation or two with family members or friends who...more

Keeping Unpaid Internships Legal: Six Requirements You Can’t Ignore

by Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 8/1/2012

Although the summer internship season is coming to an end, it is never a bad time to evaluate your organization’s employment practices, and unpaid internships are no exception. Unpaid interns can gain valuable, real world...more

The High Price of Unpaid Interns

by K&L Gates LLP on 4/12/2012

Employers in California who make use of “unpaid interns” must take special care. The importance of this issue is spotlighted as a risk-laden trend in three recent, high visibility lawsuits. In the first, two former interns...more

Unpaid Internships At Non-Profits Or Arranged By Schools

by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 3/15/2012

Our earlier post prompted questions about whether federal Fair Labor Standards Act principles are different for unpaid internships at non-profit organizations or for those sponsored by educational institutions for which the...more

Are Unpaid Internships Worth The Risk?

by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 3/12/2012

For awhile now, unpaid internships have been a hot topic under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. We noted some time ago that the U.S. Labor Department was taking a skeptical view of these relationships. In...more

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