Re:Netflix's “Love Is Blind” Wants Unpaid Photographer for F...
by PragmaticPulp on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @02:29PM
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> They've been illegal up here in Canada for a while and it hasn't really caused any economic disasters. It'd be a good change to advocate for down there as well.
Unpaid internships are illegal in the United States, and the regulation isn't new.
The loophole is if the intern is the primary beneficiary of the internship rather than the company. Some internships are structured more like classes where the students shadow people around their jobs but aren't given assignments. Even these are often paid.
I haven't actually seen a real job at a real company (not a wannabe startup or some guy looking for a free Wordpress site or something) advertised as an unpaid internship in years.
The only exception I've seen lately is when family or acquaintances give kids a fake pseudo-internship so they can have something to put on their resume.
Unpaid internships are illegal in the United States, and the regulation isn't new.
The loophole is if the intern is the primary beneficiary of the internship rather than the company. Some internships are structured more like classes where the students shadow people around their jobs but aren't given assignments. Even these are often paid.
I haven't actually seen a real job at a real company (not a wannabe startup or some guy looking for a free Wordpress site or something) advertised as an unpaid internship in years.
The only exception I've seen lately is when family or acquaintances give kids a fake pseudo-internship so they can have something to put on their resume.