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CMV: There is no justifiable reason for organizations to offer internships that are unpaid

Unpaid internships are labor theft. There is no reason a person contributing to an organization should not be compensated for their work (and no, experience does not count as compensation). The idea of an unpaid internship is elitist and discounts tons of qualified individuals who may not have the means resources to work for free. I feel this further contributes to the diversity problems of many organizations and industrires as it sets those who can afford to go months without pay ahead of those who cannot. Organizations that cannot afford or refuse to pay interns should not offer internships.
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>There is no reason a person contributing to an organization should not be compensated for their work

For an unpaid internship to be legal, the intern needs to be the "primary beneficiary" of the arrangement.  There is a 7-point test to determine this:

>1.The extent to which the intern and the employer clearly understand that there is no expectation of compensation. Any promise of compensation, express or implied, suggests that the intern is an employee—and vice versa.  
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>2. The extent to which the internship provides training that would be similar to that which would be given in an educational environment, including the clinical and other hands-on training provided by educational institutions.  
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>3. The extent to which the internship is tied to the intern’s formal education program by integrated coursework or the receipt of academic credit.  
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>4. The extent to which the internship accommodates the intern’s academic commitments by corresponding to the academic calendar.  
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>5. The extent to which the internship’s duration is limited to the period in which the internship provides the intern with beneficial learning.  
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>6. The extent to which the intern’s work complements, rather than displaces, the work of paid employees while providing significant educational benefits to the intern.  
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>7. The extent to which the intern and the employer understand that the internship is conducted without entitlement to a paid job at the conclusion of the internship.