[sickoflibs]

RE:”Musallam’s attorneys allege that she worked a 40-hour week like a full time employee and did not receive any “academic or vocational training” while at the Late Show. In fact, they say that was the point so the production company could keep its payroll expenses down. “Upon information and belief, Defendants would have hired additional employees or required existing staff to work additional hours had the Named Plaintiff and the putative class members not performed work for Defendants,” the 14-page filing also adds.”

So what part of that violates NYS labor laws?

A link at the source article has more:

““By misclassifying Plaintiffs and hundreds of workers as unpaid or underpaid interns, NBCUniversal has denied them the benefits that the law affords to employees, including unemployment, workers’ compensation insurance, social security contributions, and, most crucially, the right to earn a fair day’s wage for a fair day’s work, says the 23-page complaint (read it here). The proposed class action goes after NBCUniversal for labor law violations in using what are essentially free workers. “A key part of NBCUniversal’s success are the hundreds of unpaid or underpaid interns who work for it as production assistants, researchers, and delivery-people, but receive no or very little compensation for their work,” it adds. “

Also a claim that they were not paid minimum wage.

Guess NYS law has no intern exception.

[grania]

It wouldn’t be the first time Letterman misused an intern.

[CodeToad]

“Guess NYS law has no intern exception.”

It does, but you didn’t read this part: “...did not receive any “academic or vocational training...”

[GeronL]

I really do not get how it takes so many employees and writers to come up with such a lame show.

[petitfour]

Wasn’t one of the Obama children working as an intern for NBC recently? Lol.