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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

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Let Them Be

The Author of this post is Solomon Dejesus

I am wondering if moving to California will introduce me to people who take less of a role in trying to parent children other than their own. I was surfing the internet looking to satellitetvsantaanaca.com to look for some extra channels to add to our normal routine. One of the shows I like to watch is “Super Nanny.” I guess the reason I am drawn to this show is that I, like all parents, sometimes feel like I am failing miserably at raising my kids. Children are so different in personality and motivation, so the way you can reach one child is certainly no guarantee that this method will work for another child. The other thing that I like about that show is it allows parents to parent their own child. Super Nanny really does empower parents so that they may be the guiding role in the lives of their children. This really stuck out to me a few weekends ago when we vacationed with another family. My oldest daughter took something away from my younger one, and even though I was just in the next room, the mom of the other family took it upon herself to reprimand my child. My daughter was mortified and ran out of the room in tears. While I appreciated the level of comfort amongst our families, I really did not appreciate this other mother brandishing my child. I was within ear-shot of my kids, and I was ready and able to rectify the situation. I think there is a time and a place for parenting someone else’s children, and this is very limited. I think it is only acceptable if a child is in danger, or the parents are unable to be present at the time. Other than that, back off!

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Sometimes the HEAT is just too much for a working girl!


Former Intern is Suing Harper's Bazaar...here is the story...
In news that is really only surprising because it’s never happened before, a major fashion magazine is getting sued by one of its former interns.
According to the New York Times, Xuedan Wang interned at Harper’s Bazaar from August 2010 through December 2011 for 40-55 hours per week and today filed a lawsuit against Hearst (the fashion glossy’s publisher) accusing them of violating state and federal wage and hour laws by not paying her when she was doing the work of a paid employee.
From the Times:
The lawsuit against Hearst states, “Employers’ failure to compensate interns for their work, and the prevalence of the practice nationwide, curtails opportunities for employment, fosters class divisions between those who can afford to work for no wage and those who cannot, and indirectly contributes to rising unemployment.”
Over the years, there have been as many articles about the legality and fairness of unpaid internships (like ours about how absurd they can be) as there have been about hipsters and gluten-free diets–which is to say, a lot. However, there was a big one that ran in the New York Times back in April 2010 that came closest to providing solid answers. It called out a list of federal legal criteria that must be satisfied in order for an unpaid internship to be considered legal and suggested that the Federal Labor Department would start enforcing them more strongly. This criteria seems to be what Wang and her law firm are using to sue Hearst.
When we wrote about the 2010 story, our friends at Above the Law said these internships were usually considered legal as long as the intern received school credit. However, Wang had already graduated and was working full time doing, reportedly, fairly menial tasks like coordinating pickups and deliveries and maintaining records (and ordering around more low-level interns to do even more menial things).
This circumstance of college grads having to work unpaid internships for lack of more lucrative opportunities is becoming increasingly common. I personally know a couple of people who have done this at equally prominent companies and it’s easy to see why. It prevents gaps in employment and, if you’re lucky and valued, can often help lead to a full time job at the company once one becomes available.
Presumably, this wasn’t the case for Wang and so, we feel her pain. Though we’re a little confused by why she was allowed to intern at HB full-time, obviously without school credit. A friend of mine who interned in the fashion department of a different Hearst publication confirmed that all interns have to be able to receive school credit and submit a letter from their school to HR–meaning Wang’s internship was probably somewhat under the table.
The situation definitely isn’t black and white and it will be interesting to see if more Hearst interns will come forward. Wang and her law firm claim the company has employed hundreds of illegal interns and hope to create class action lawsuit, so employers at Elle, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen and Town & Country better start crossing their T’s and dotting their I’s.
Read more: http://fashionista.com/2012/02/a-former-intern-is-suing-harpers-bazaar-and-wants-to-create-a-class-action-suit-against-hearst/