Intern Season is Almost Here
As Spring is fast approaching, so is the race to hire interns for the summer season. As companies work through their internship budgets, there may be good news from the Department of Labor (DOL) due to updated guidance on internship programs the department issued in January 2018.
Previously, courts used a six-factor test to determine if an intern or student working for a "for profit" company was actually an employee of the company, who was required to be paid minimum wages and overtime compensation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Essentially, if a company derived any benefit from having the interns work there, it had to pay them. This test made it difficult for companies to justify having unpaid internships under most circumstances.
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