There are two types of unpaid interns: The kind who have a fair shot at suing their employers for illegal abuse of the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the kind who can’t do anything about it. The government employs the second kind.
After years of complaints that American companies are exploiting unpaid interns, a former Harper’s Bazaar intern is suing the Hearst Corporation for allegedly violating labor laws, and the lawyers are hoping to turn it into a class action suit.
Some think it's a clever viral marketing stunt. Others think it's pretty sexist
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