Internship Advantage-Research
- Current Benchmarks, from the Internship & Co-op Survey, National Association of Colleges and Employers
Lawsuits Over Unpaid Interns
The lawsuits over unpaid interns began in 2013 and 2014 with three notable cases: Fox Searchlight Pictures/Black Swan, PBS/The Charlie Rose Show, and Hearst Corp. There have been numerous cases since resulting in multi-million dollar settlements.
How Interns and Co-ops Spend Their Time
Tracking Internship Lawsuits:
How Interns and Co-ops Spend Their Time
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ProPublicia's website tracks the results of numerous unpaid internship lawsuits over the years. It includes many of the top employers in industries such as sports, entertainment, design, fashion, media, and publishing.
ProPublica's Investigative Series on Unpaid Internships:
The number of internships in the United States has ballooned over the past few decades.
But oversight and legal protection for interns hasn’t kept up. We’re investigating
companies that may be violating labor laws by employing unpaid workers, schools’ role
in the issue and how it’s affecting American workers.
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