Kevin will be pleased to know the Black Swam interns had their case overturned.
http://nyti.ms/1RUCWei The standard to be applied is a “primary beneficiary test” — a concept proposed by Fox in which the worker can be considered an employee only if the employer benefits more from the relationship than the intern. "The proper question is whether the intern or the employer is the primary beneficiary of the relationship.” America: where businesses decide what's best for businesses! On Thu, Jun 27, 2013, 17:16 Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > Attorney Maurice Planko, who has been busy representing TV and movie > interns suing for lost wages in exchange for long days under his "Intern > Justice" program, has filed on behalf of Kevin Hicks, who worked repeated > 10-16 hour days on the Nicktoons live action series (gosh, just like > Cartoon Network) "Alien Dawn" and should be paid for his work--just earlier > this month, two interns who worked on the film "Black Swan" were ruled by a > NY court that they should receive pay for their work: > > > http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/intern-lawsuit-filed-against-nickelodeon-production-alien-dawn-100271 > > This I can agree with--what's bugging me is why a live-action series would > be on what is supposed to be a channel devoted to animated programming. I > assume Nick's argument is that Nicktoons is programmed for boys while the > mothership is programmed for girls. Then why call the channel Nicktoons? > How about calling it, uh, Nick XD? > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
