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NBCUniversal settles with unpaid interns for $6.4M
StarNewsOnline ^ | 10/24/2014 | StarNewsOnline

Posted on 10/25/2014 10:50:57 AM PDT by aimhigh

NBCUniversal will pay $6.4 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by unpaid interns who worked on "Saturday Night Live" and other shows who claim they are owed wages, according to court documents.

The interns claim NBCUniversal wrongly classified them as non-employees in an effort to avoid labor laws.

(Excerpt) Read more at starnewsonline.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: interns; nbc
Liberals on display, caring about the poor.
1 posted on 10/25/2014 10:50:57 AM PDT by aimhigh
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To: aimhigh

can some one explain what interns are entitled to.

When I was in college (when history was just one chapter), interns were not allowed to be paid if they got school credit. CSU, Fullerton, back in the day.


2 posted on 10/25/2014 10:53:17 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: aimhigh

$505 to the interns each and $1.8M plus to the lawyers and the lead plantiffs.


3 posted on 10/25/2014 11:00:23 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Pointing out dereliction of duty is NOT fear mongering, especially in a panDEMic)
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To: aimhigh

NBC’s “War on Lemmings”


4 posted on 10/25/2014 11:12:10 AM PDT by moovova
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To: morphing libertarian

“can some one explain what interns are entitled to.”

Bill Clinton can give you a detailed description.


5 posted on 10/25/2014 11:13:32 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Parley Baer

cigars? well, it’s something


6 posted on 10/25/2014 11:14:33 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: Parley Baer
Bill Clinton can give you a detailed description.

Thanks for my first morning laugh!!

7 posted on 10/25/2014 11:15:48 AM PDT by aimhigh (1 John 3:23)
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To: aimhigh

Contestant: Alex, I’ll try “Hypocrites” for $1000.
Alex: The answer is “Government, Hollywood, and higher education.”
Contestant: Which institutions have the most unpaid “interns” and are dominated by Lefties?
Alex: You are correct!


8 posted on 10/25/2014 12:20:56 PM PDT by BigBobber (`)
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To: BigBobber

and these are the same type of people that would use government to shut down a non-profit radio station run by volunteers.


9 posted on 10/25/2014 12:32:29 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: morphing libertarian

“can some one explain what interns are entitled to.”

The White House-issued bib and rubber helmet should be a dead giveaway.


10 posted on 10/25/2014 12:32:50 PM PDT by Carriage Hill ( Some days you're the windshield, and some days you're the bug.)
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To: aimhigh

I’dnnever work for no pay.


11 posted on 10/25/2014 12:34:23 PM PDT by Ted Grant
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To: NonValueAdded
$1.8M plus to the lawyers and the lead plaintiffs.

There you have it.

12 posted on 10/25/2014 3:04:09 PM PDT by IncPen (None of this would be happening if John Boehner were alive...)
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