Starting with an April 2nd New York Times article, “The Unpaid Intern, Legal or Not,” the topic of unpaid internships has been making headlines once again. Here is a list of several articles since the NYT story that address this topic:

Watch Out: That Unpaid Intern Could Cost You – Inc., 4/6/10

War on internships: Should unpaid internship be regulated? – The Christian Science Monitor, 4/7/10

War on Interns: Making It Illegal to Work for Free – Wall Street Journal, 4/7/10 (subscription required to read full article)

Department of Labor looking to crack down on independent contractor misclassification – ERE Recruiting Community, 4/7/10

Should Interning for Free be a Government Issue? – Vault Careers, 4/8/10

Unpaid Internships: The Fair Labor Standards Act Doesn’t Go Far Enough – Heather Huhman, Examiner.com’s Entry-Level Career Columnist, 4/8/10

This issue has been written about and discussed amongst internship professionals in the past. We will continue to monitor for new articles and keep MACIC members and other constituents informed.