Camille Olson Quoted in The New York Times
“The Uses and Misuses of Unpaid Internships”

Employment partner Camille Olson was quoted in an article appearing in the May 7 issue of The New York Times. The article discussed companies’ use of unpaid interns.

Camille commented that internships can be a great way for employers to get a good sense of a potential hire and see how hard working or creative someone is. However, Camille remarked that she generally advises employers, especially profit-making employers, to pay their interns. She noted that the Labor Department’s guidelines are quite strict about when employers can legally avoid paying interns at least the minimum wage: the internships must resemble vocational education; the internship experience must be for the benefit of the interns; the interns must work under close supervision; their work cannot be used as a substitute for that of regular employees; and their work cannot be of immediate benefit to the employer.

To read the entire article, click here:  http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/07/the-uses-and-misuses-of-unpaid-internships/