Yes, it is legal. A NYC woman in the late 90s (?) sued the city over it based on it being gender discrimination since men can be topless. And she won.
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Having grown up in hippie California with family that walked around the house naked, I can attest that the more naked bodies kids see the LESS they give a shit about them.
And considering that in NYC women are legally allowed to be topless in public (I realize this might not apply here if it's privately owned) making a stink about very harmless sunbathing just blows my mind.
Oh yes, I know this. What's interesting is how many people think that it is legal for interns should be doing actual work and not getting paid. I think it's best that as a society we promote people getting paid for working - free labor is bad for workers as a whole.
Did you read this article? The second paragraph mentions how unpaid internships don't really benefit people and are part of the problem with the wealth gap in this country. You seem to be assuming that all companies are strict and follow their own guidelines regarding unpaid internships. If you read through the thread…
Advocating for a system that exploits people is fucked up. It's great that you and some people you know benefited from your exploitation. However, we know from studies and data that unpaid internships do not benefit most people. Moreover, unpaid internships actually cause bigger problems. Recent grads are not getting…
I think this proves my point though. The job you then found probably had nothing to do with your unpaid internship.
Believe it or not, there is no Nordstrom in NYC! A Rack opened up in Union Sq but I haven't been there yet. There is a great bra store called Journelle but they run out of odd sizes quickly which means I have to wait for the next season of things.
If you worked your ass off working on projects PepsiCo was illegally exploiting you. It's against the law. Interns are not supposed to be doing real work according to the labor laws in the US. The point of an internship is for young people to get an idea of what it's like to work in a particular industry or company.…
I work in the entertainment industry and it used to be if you weren't union you weren't allowed on set (except for a few P.A. positions). The entertainment industry is really adept at exploiting people. It's why the unions work hard to prevent it. It really bothers me that it's become normal in my industry to not pay…
I believe what you are saying about your particular situation. What I am saying is that it is pretty rare that an unpaid internship isn't taking away a paid position. If as an intern you are "benefiting the company" in anyway (Department of Labor puts it this way) then the company is doing something illegal. If you…
I assumed you were at an American university. Anyway, we actually have a lot of labor laws restricting internships here - it's just that no one follows the rules and everyone is too scared to report the companies to the department of labor because it means they will be blacklisted. Unpaid (which are the majority)…
I hope your college drops the internship requirement. People enmass need to say no to corporations regarding this type of labor exploitation. One of the biggest complaints in this economy is that there are no entry level positions available. Why would there be when a company can just exploit a recent college grad? Why…
If you can afford to work for free for 6 months you don't have much to worry about economically. It's great that you got something valuable from your internship but as we can see from the studies and people's own assessments, that isn't the case for most people. Also, it creates an economic divide that doesn't allow…
People used to be paid while they were trained. That was the point of entry level work. Internships have been used to alleviate companies from having to train their employees. But it's a no win because trust me, none of us count internships as "real world" job experience. Don't drink the Kool Aid. What NBC is getting…
I think school credit is a teensy tiny bit better but it's still bullshit. So the intern is paying her school to allow them to provide no cost labor to a corporation? The school has no overhead for that student's earned credits so they are getting something for basically nothing while at the same time colluding with…
Oh yes, I understand this. And the people who got bonuses for this clever money savor are likely people who never had to work for free themselves. I work in film and we say no to internships all the time. Instead we push our producers to allow us to hire P.A.s (who make minimum wage and no benefits). I'm in a union, I…
Hate to burst your bubble (even if it works out for you) the vast majority of entertainment industry interns do not get jobs from their internships.
True, but as we see from the studies listed in the article those successful people are not necessarily successful because of their internships. I don't believe that 95% of internships have any value other than to the employer who is getting free labor. And I don't believe in promoting bad labor practices just because…