Run[a]way Recovery: Unpaid Modeling Agency Interns Set to Cash In

A New York federal judge gave an initial thumbs-up last Thursday to what is believed to be the largest unpaid internship settlement on the books: $450,000.

Elite Model Management was sued by a former unpaid intern in February 2013 (See Complaint), claiming that Elite deliberately misclassified interns as non-employees who were not protected by state and federal wage requirements.  The plaintiff argued that Elite’s unpaid interns actually did the work of employees and should have been paid, and sought $50 million in damages.

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