Wouldn't that Department of Labor rule apply to universities/departments as well?
Dr. David R. Pugh Post-doctoral research fellow INET Oxford Mathematical Institute Oxford University On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 4:03 PM, John Blischak <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks everyone for an interesting discussion. I'd like to add one > thing to the conversation that hasn't yet been addressed. Even if > there is debate among our community on the ethical dilemma of > providing free labor in exchange for job opportunities, the U.S. > Department of Labor has created clear criteria on what qualifies as a > legal unpaid internship. For example here is one of the criteria: > > "The employer that provides the training derives no immediate > advantage from the activities of the intern; and on occasion its > operations may actually be impeded." > > Certainly a highly trained SWC instructor, who typically has at least > a bachelor's degree plus some advanced training, leading a workshop to > teach employees of a company to use computational tools would not pass > this test. > > http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs71.htm > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/13/are-unpaid-internships-illegal/ > > What are the policies of other countries? Have they passed similar > legislation? > > John > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org >
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