Condé Nast has decided to
discontinue its internship program following a class-action lawsuit filed by two former interns saying that they were paid less than $1 dollar an hour, Women's Wear Daily reported on Wednesday.
Condé Nast, which houses magazine powerhouses like Vanity Fair, GQ and Vogue, was sued in June by former W Magazine intern Lauren Ballinger and former New Yorker intern Matthew Leib, both who claimed their employers had violated federal labor laws.
Condé Nast, which houses magazine powerhouses like Vanity Fair, GQ and Vogue, was sued in June by former W Magazine intern Lauren Ballinger and former New Yorker intern Matthew Leib, both who claimed their employers had violated federal labor laws.
Interns currently employed with
Condé Nast will not be affected by the decision and are allowed to keep their
internships until the previously determined date, Women's Wear Daily also
reported.
The decision for Condé Nast to end
their internship program comes while the lawsuit against them is still pending.
However, this is not the first case of media interns taking legal action
against their employers. The same law firm handling the Condé Nast case is also
representing an intern with Harper's Bazaar who sued Hearst Corporation in 2012 for being made to work up to 55 hours per week
with no pay. In June, intern Eric Glatt won his lawsuit against Fox Searchlight Pictures for using unpaid interns in the production of
the 2010 film, "Black Swan."
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