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Report: Clinton Foundation Pays (Unpaid) Male and Female Interns Equally

Hillary Clinton is not a fan of unpaid internships. In a 2013 speech at UCLA, she attacked U.S. companies that "have taken advantage of unpaid internships to an extent that it is blocking the opportunities for young people to move on into paid employment."

That’s interesting, because as the Daily Beast reports, the Clinton Foundation doesn’t pay most of its interns (some receive about $500 a month based on financial need), and doesn’t guarantee paid employment once the internship is completed.

"The Clinton Foundation makes no promises or commitments of employment after the internship," the Foundation says on its website. "No intern is entitled to a job at the conclusion of his/her internship experience."

The foundation goes through about 100 interns each summer, with slightly less during the school year. Summer interns volunteer 30 to 40 hours a week, while interns who work during a college semester may work 25 hours. The most some interns receive is a $2,000 stipend for a four-month period, and that depends on financial need.

Paying them all New York’s minimum wage of $8.75, for instance, would cost a fraction of the foundation’s budget, which spent $29.9 million (PDF) on employee salaries, compensation, and benefits for about 2,000 employees worldwide in 2013.

At the very least, the Clinton Foundation has demonstrated its remarkable commitment to gender equality by (not) paying male and female interns equally.