I was also thinking along the same lines for unpaid internships.
Companies have billions in the bank, make tens of billions profit each year, and have "staff" working who they don't pay a cent to.
The fact there are no laws against that is evil.
Companies have billions in the bank, make tens of billions profit each year, and have "staff" working who they don't pay a cent to.
The fact there are no laws against that is evil.
It is, in fact, illegal to not pay an intern in the state of California if the intern performs beneficial work.
Your entire rant is predicated on untrue assumptions.
It's illegal in the whole US: https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs71.htm
I believe there is more to the US than just California, right?
Because those things still exist, just not doing employer-sponsored g work in for-profit firms.
> I believe there is more to the US than just California, right?
Yes, and unpaid interns doing work that directly benefits the employer is a violation of rules under the Fair Labor Standards Act in the whole US, not just California.
Except that is not a fact, at least in the US.