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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Mon Mar 17, 2014, 03:03 PM Mar 2014

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City Council Proposal Would Give Unpaid Interns Right To Sue For Sexual Harassment, Discrimination

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A measure under consideration by the New York City Council would give unpaid interns some of the same rights as paid workers.

As WCBS 880?s Alex Silverman reported, Councilman James Vacca (D-Bronx) crafted his proposal after a federal judge last year ruled an intern who claimed she was kissed and groped by a supervisor couldn’t sue for sexual harassment because she wasn’t technically an employee.

Under the city’s current civil rights law, unpaid interns cannot sue for sexual harassment or discrimination in the workplace.

“I was dumbfounded,” said Vacca. “The hole in this law is so big you could drive a Mack truck through it.”

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/03/17/city-council-proposal-would-give-unpaid-interns-right-to-sue-for-sexual-harassment-discrimination/

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City Council Proposal Would Give Unpaid Interns Right To Sue For Sexual Harassment, Discrimination (Original Post) hrmjustin Mar 2014 OP

'Dumbfounded,' indeed Cirque du So-What Mar 2014 #1

It does boggle the mind that the laws here are so draconian. hrmjustin Mar 2014 #2

Cirque du So-What

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1. 'Dumbfounded,' indeed

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Mon Mar 17, 2014, 03:26 PM

Mar 2014

That's how I'm feeling as well. Aside from that, I'm also confused, seeing federal law and city law conflated as they are.

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

2. It does boggle the mind that the laws here are so draconian.

Reply to Cirque du So-What (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 17, 2014, 08:41 PM

Mar 2014

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