Somehow, this slipped by us: Earlier this month, a federal judge conditionally granted Xuedan "Diana" Wang's lawsuit against the publisher "class-action" status. Wang, if you remember, was a former unpaid intern at Harper's Bazaar from August 2011 to December 2011 and went to court in February, claiming that Hearst Corp. violated federal and state wage and hour laws by not compensating her even when she frequently worked there full-time. Guidelines from the U.S. Labor Department say that unpaid internships must be educational and "for the benefit of the intern," but, the Times reported, "Wang's lawyers said that by treating her and others as interns rather than regular employees, they were denied not only wages, but also Social Security contributions and the right to receive unemployment insurance and workers' compensation."
Via: That Intern Versus Hearst Corp. Case Is Now a Class-Action Suit
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