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WhiskeyGrinder

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4. And this is NOT to say that unpaid internships aren't problematic, or that an employer is prohibited

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 02:31 PM

Jun 2017

from paying an intern even if the six requirements are met. Unpaid internships exclude quite a large population and can create a pipeline of a certain class of people, reducing diversity of experience and thought in the position, etc.

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Interesting: who and who doesn't pay their interns in Washington DC. [View all] a kennedy Jun 2017 OP

I'm guessing every office sets up an internship differently. According to the DOL, an internship has WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2017 #1

And this is NOT to say that unpaid internships aren't problematic, or that an employer is prohibited WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2017 #4

I did an unpaid internship in the 70's no shock there kimbutgar Jun 2017 #2

Document set to private. nt irisblue Jun 2017 #3

I had an intership.... LakeArenal Jun 2017 #5

I was an unpaid government intern for a six month program NightWatcher Jun 2017 #6

All that would have still occurred if you were paid MichMan Jun 2017 #7

They were not offering a paid internship. It was seen as an extension of a college degree program NightWatcher Jun 2017 #8

All of what you say is true, and it's also important to acknowledge that not paying people for WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2017 #9

That still leaves it closed to many people who can't afford to not work. mythology Jun 2017 #10

Do as I say not as I do apparently MichMan Jun 2017 #14

Young Democrats believe in giving to their country. Young Republicans won't do anything pnwmom Jun 2017 #11

This is not why some are paid and some aren't. And pretending unpaid internships are a measure of WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2017 #13

Shame on anyone who doesn't pay them. alarimer Jun 2017 #12

Totally disgusted by this MichMan Jun 2017 #15