As interns flood the summer workforce once again, a federal judge in New York has just given them something to cheer about.
In an unprecedented ruling, U.S. District Judge William Pauley III in Manhattan found that unpaid interns at various Fox subsidiaries should be considered employees under 2010 guidelines drafted by the U.S. Department of Labor, entitling them to compensation under federal and state labor laws. Rejecting various defense arguments put forward by Fox’s lawyers at Proskauer Rose, Pauley granted certification of a class of interns seeking back pay.
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