Wacky Lawsuits and Crazy Labor Department Rules
06 October 2017
Bob Dorigo Jones, Senior Fellow for the Center for America, discusses what's up next with the Wackiest Warning Labels contest, the ridiculous criteria a company must meet to host an unpaid intern, and the government's double standard.
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