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Comply or Die: A Recruiter’s Guide To Internships and Employment Law

5/13/2015

 
Originally Published 5/13/2015 on RecruitingDaily.com
Every year, as millions of college graduates scramble to score jobs and start working their way out of the six figures of debt they incurred earning that newly printed diploma, millions more will take their first tentative steps into the professional workforce in what’s increasingly becoming a rite of passage for the right to open the door to the right jobs: the internship.

With summer just around the corner, many workforces are already beginning to see the seasonal swell that comes with the inevitable intern influx.

For many employers, however, the initiation of internship initiatives has a somewhat more sinister side, as some of the world’s biggest brands gamble millions of dollars on unpaid internships, a practice that represents a significant compliance issue that many organizations wantonly ignore, despite the obvious risks involved in this endemic practice.

But be warned: if your company maintains an unpaid internship program, you’re playing with fire. And this year, more than ever, you’re likely to get burned.

The crackdown on unpaid or underpaid internships has significantly escalated over the past few summers – and even organizations with the most sophisticated HR functions have found themselves caught in the non-compliance net.

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    Nicole Greenberg, Esq. serves as a Principal Consultant and Chief Legal Advisor at STA Worldwide, a global professional services firm specializing in IT staffing, project management and consulting services. A licensed Illinois attorney and member of the American Bar Association, Nicole has over a decade of experience in talent acquisition and recruiting strategy.

    Recognized as “the world’s only lawyer with a focus on sourcing,” Nicole is a highly sought after public speaker, presenting on compliance, sourcing and technology topics to industry audiences around the world, and her writing on these subjects has been recently featured by top publications like SourceCon, Recruiting Daily and HRExaminer.

    ​A lifelong native of Chicago, Nicole is a graduate of Lake Forest College and received her Juris Doctor from the John Marshall Law School.

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