Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Florida

Can a business pay an "intern" $3.50 an hour, use 95% of their work (it's a marketing company so 95% of that work is directly used for other companies who pay them thousands of dollars for "marketing specialists" to write their blogs, write content, do their web design and write social media when really the interns do a lot of the work? The interns may not claim credit or use any of it for a portfolio (so it makes it difficult to prove what was done during the internship to potential employers). I literally had to sign a contract stating I would "destroy" all of the work I performed. There was no training provided, no actual lessons given, no additional communication and very little direction other then "these are your assignments now. Do them." I see my work used word for word and feel they just hired cheap labor and don't even treat us well. We get very little interaction or guidance. Just work.

Asked on 5/26/13, 5:57 pm

Jane-Robin Wender Wender Law, P.A.

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Yes, those are the downsides of being an intern. The upside is that you can pad your r�sum� with all of the work that they used.

Answered on 6/03/13, 7:30 pm

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