Unpaidinternships

Interns often are asked to do menial work. And the more "glamorous" the industry, often the more demeaning the work given to interns. A Cosmopolitan magazine intern, for instance, claimed she was forced to sit in a closet all day, ignored by the staffers until they needed her to photocopy (and she wasn't paid a ...

According to a recent article in The New York Times, officials in several states are concerned that in the current economy many companies are offering unpaid internships that are violating minimum wage laws. As a result, the Labor Department is more diligently investigating these practices and fining companies ...