[ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]NelsonLabor and Employment DepartmentMatthew H.Labor and Employment DepartmentEmployee Relations Law JournalInternships and Federal Law:Are Interns Employees?. Matthew H Nelson. Employee Relations Law Journal . 2010
摘要: The author explains that whether an intern or trainee is entitled to such things as minimum wage and overtime compensation will often depend upon whether the individual is receiving training without displacing other employees or providing any real benefit to the employer....
A June 25 forum on the federal hiring process hosted by the Office of Personnel Management gave critics of the Federal Career Intern Program yet another...
Considerations for an Internship The federal Fair Labor Standards Act outlines the responsibilities employers hold toward their workers. It does not differentiate between interns and employees. However, it does define employees as workers who earn a wage. This means that paid interns are employees. Th...
However, interns are not considered employees under the FLSA. [Find out how an FLSA self-audit can help your business with FLSA compliance.] Does that mean unpaid internships are legal? The short answer is, yes, as long as the intern, not the employer, is the “primary beneficiary” of...
This is a tricky one, because the rules vary depending on which province or territory you live in. Generally speaking, employers are meant to treat interns the same as employees – that means you must be paid the minimum wage, among other things. ...
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DeCamp also suspects fewer companies will rely on interns for menial tasks and little else. “If the intern is primarily doing grunt work — not learning skills, not learning about the industry, but is simply replacing work that would’ve been done by paid employees and therefore amounting to...
However the lawsuit goes,it could say a lot about how companies should value the work of interns and whether interns have a right to a paycheck like employees.It's perfectly reasonable for interns to be paid.Salaries for living expenses are only fair,especially for young peopl...
But they’re right about one thing: We’re going to need government structures that respond to the way we work now. “Portable benefits,” an idea that’s been bouncing around for years, attempts to break down the zero-sum distinction between full-time employees who get government-backed wo...