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Starting with an April 2nd New York Times article, “The Unpaid Intern, Legal or Not,” the topic of unpaid internships has been making headlines once again. Here is a list of several articles since the NYT story that address this topic:
Watch Out: That Unpaid Intern Could Cost You – Inc., 4/6/10
War on internships: Should unpaid internship be regulated? – The Christian Science Monitor, 4/7/10
War on Interns: Making It Illegal to Work for Free – Wall Street Journal, 4/7/10 (subscription required to read full article)
Department of Labor looking to crack down on independent contractor misclassification – ERE Recruiting Community, 4/7/10
Should Interning for Free be a Government Issue? – Vault Careers, 4/8/10
Unpaid Internships: The Fair Labor Standards Act Doesn’t Go Far Enough – Heather Huhman, Examiner.com’s Entry-Level Career Columnist, 4/8/10
This issue has been written about and discussed amongst internship professionals in the past. We will continue to monitor for new articles and keep MACIC members and other constituents informed.

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