interns are becoming the modern-day equivalent of entry-level employees, except that employers are not paying them for the many hours they work,” said Adam Klein, one of the lawyers for Ms. Wang. “The practice of classifying employees as ‘interns’ to avoid paying wages

runs afoul of federal and state wage and hour laws.”

 

Hearst, like many other media companies, does not pay its interns, but officials say it arranges for them to receive academic credit through their college or university. 

 

The lawsuit pointed to guidelines from the United States Labor Department that provide that unpaid internships are only lawful in the context of an educational training program, when the interns do not displace regular employees and the employer derives no imme...

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