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Will Hannum Weighs In On Unpaid Internships

The Boston Globe Magazine

In a recent article entitled The Revolt of the Unpaid Intern, William E. Hannum III offers his thoughts on unpaid internships and issues employees may want to consider when hiring their next intern.

“The fact that employers are getting sued, the way the courts ruled, doesn’t surprise me,” says Boston employment attorney Will Hannum, managing partner at Schwartz Hannum, who advises his clients to tread carefully. “The way I’ve described it to clients [is] you need to pay the person — unless it’s more trouble to have them around than it’s worth.”

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