Sued Over Pay, Condé Nast Ends Internship Program

The programs enforcing the misclassification of workers  is beginning to take a new direction. Civil litigation for enforcement has promise. Victory means that workers will be paid more and adequate benefits calculation from wages, such workers' compensation benefits, will be more adequately representativ. Today's post was shared by The New York Times and comes from www.nytimes.com

For Lauren Indvik, a business editor and soon-to-be co-editor in chief at Fashionista, the 2008 internship at Vogue was worth every sacrifice. The 15 pounds frantically lost in the weeks before the interview. The predawn drive from New Hampshire to Times Square. The bed shared with a fellow penny-pinching friend near Pennsylvania Station, and the morning and evening walks — in heels — because she could not afford subway fare. “It’s so valuable,” she said.