Last week, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a lower court decision that certain unpaid interns had to be paid for their work in the entertainment industry. The district court had held that Fox Searchlight Pictures misclassified the unpaid interns who worked on the movie, “Black Swan” and should have paid them as employees
The Internship 2: Now Paid? Viacom Pays Record Settlement on Intern Lawsuit
Viacom recently announced a settlement of $7.2 million dollars to end litigation by numerous unpaid interns for the Company’s television networks. In 2013, two former interns sued Viacom claiming that it violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and other state statutes by classifying them as “interns” (who are not paid) instead of actual employees.