Is It Even Legal to Not Pay Interns?

AlterNet
November 22, 2013 Human Rights

Humiliated, degraded and force to work long hours without any pay. That is the harsh reality for the majority of college-educated, unpaid interns, according to a new documentary, ‘Position: Unpaid’.

The film exposes the hard truths and questionable legality of unpaid internships. In the process, it sheds light on the contractual loopholes that allow employers to mistreat interns and reveals how this whole industry may, in fact, be unlawful.

Watch the documentary and educate yourself.

h/t Upworthy.

Position: Unpaid from Low Card on Vimeo.

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