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Internship Laws In Review: Ensuring Your Next Internship Program Does Not Run Afoul of State and Federal Labor Laws

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​​​​​​​As internship season ends, now is a perfect time for employers to review their internship programs to ensure compliance with federal, state and local labor and employment laws. Overview of Internships - ...more

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

Do I Have To Pay My Summer Intern?

As the summer approaches, many businesses will be looking to hire a summer intern. Internship programs can be a great option for both the intern, who has the opportunity to learn new skills, and the employer, who is able to...more

Jaburg Wilk

Considering Hiring a College Student as an Unpaid Intern this Summer?

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It is getting closer to summer and that means students are looking for work experience. Many companies offer unpaid internships. While both the student and employer may see benefits to this arrangement – the employer doesn’t...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Unpaid Interns and a Lunch Order Gone Bad: Jury Returns FLSA Retaliation Verdict Against Martina McBride’s Production Company

A February 2020 jury verdict against county music star Martina McBride’s production company highlights – albeit indirectly – the perils of unpaid internship programs and the issues they can cause under the Fair Labor...more

Littler

DOL Clarifies the Exempt Nature of Participation in the Department of Defense’s Skill Bridge Program

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In 2013 the United States Department of Defense founded Skill Bridge, a program that partners the U.S. Armed Forces with private employers to provide internships to active duty service members during their last six months of...more

FordHarrison

If Your Intern Is Ever Taken Hostage, Here’s Why You Should Care

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Netflix is (figuratively) on fire this summer, as it has released tons of new content clearly calculated to keep us indoors during the (literal) heatwave. Season two of Workin’ Moms was released on July 25, 2019 (see my...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Prepping for Full Compliance! Five Important Legal Compliance Issues Impacting the Hospitality Industry

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Hospitality remains at the forefront of demanding industries where employers must be ever vigilant in their efforts to ensure full compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations. We highlight below...more

Stoel Rives - World of Employment

Are Employers Required to Pay Interns?

Spring is in the air and summer is around the corner. You can see the signs everywhere. Flowers. Chirping birds. Increasing temperatures. And summer intern resumes. Experienced HR professionals know they will soon receive...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Wage And Hour Developments 2018: A Year In Review

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The law regulating the payment of wages and work hours is a vibrant area: the “fight for $15.00”; battles over who can receive tips (and whether the tip credit should be eliminated entirely); whether workers should be given...more

BakerHostetler

Tenth Circuit Finds Massage Therapy Students to Be Just That – Students

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Once thought to be the next wave of wage-and-hour cases, suits involving interns and students have tended to founder because most training programs are intended to train rather than to provide employment....more

The Volkov Law Group

Are Unpaid Interns Worth the Cost (and the Risk)?

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It is estimated about half of the United States’ 1.5 million internships a year are unpaid, a number that may go up due to changes in the Department of Labor’s (DOL) rules governing unpaid internships. ...more

Tonkon Torp LLP

Does Your Intern Program Make The Grade?

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July 26, 2018 is National Intern Day – the perfect day to take a look at the employment law issues that impact internships! The primary issue employers need to be concerned about is whether an unpaid or stipend “intern” is...more

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What I Did on My Summer Internship: A Primer for Employers on National Intern Day

July 26, 2018, is National Intern Day according to WayUp, the job site for college students and recent graduates. The organization’s campaign to acknowledge the role of interns in the workforce is intended to “encourage[]...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

DOL Eases Standards for Unpaid Internships

With summer internships in full swing, it’s high time to revisit the Department of Labor’s recently-revised guidance on unpaid internships. Guidelines issued in January abandoned the Department’s prior test – which required...more

Sands Anderson PC

Summer Interns, don’t get burned! What employers need to know about unpaid internships

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With summer upon us, so is the season for interns seeking work experience and opportunities to meet educational requirements. But, for employers, unpaid internships can get sandy if they use their interns like employees....more

Littler

Dear Littler: Do We Have to Pay Our Summer Interns?

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Dear Littler: I work in the corporate office of a national retailer. We plan to hire several local student interns to work for us this summer, primarily in accounting and marketing. We enjoy sponsoring this program, and it...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

School’s out for the summer – Unpaid Internships, New Criteria for Employers

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Unpaid internships are controversial. Proponents argue that they provide valuable opportunities for students to learn about an industry and for companies to scout up-and-coming talent, while critics contend the practice is an...more

Burr & Forman

DOL Adopts the “Primary Beneficiary” Test for Internship Programs

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As summer months approach and students begin searching for seasonal employment, many employers are faced with the logistics of internship programs, specifically whether an unpaid internship meets the requirements of the Fair...more

Fisher Phillips

Labor Department’s New Approach Is A Game Changer For Student Internships

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The U.S. Department of Labor rang in the new year by announcing that it will abandon its rigid six-part test for determining whether interns qualify as employees under federal wage and hour law, introducing some much-needed...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Employment Law Commentary, February 2018, Volume 30, Issue 2 - A Changing Landscape: Unpaid Internships Under the DOL's New...

As companies begin to think about their summer internship programs, they may want to consider the recent change in the legal landscape surrounding unpaid internships. For good reason, companies have generally been concerned...more

Cozen O'Connor

II-28 – The New Relaxed Intern Standard and Implications for Employers

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Is your company thinking about your summer (and other) internship program? This episode presents an interview that Mike just gave on the Sirius XM Wharton Business Channel to discuss the United States Department of Labor’s...more

Clark Hill PLC

Unpaid Internships: Federal Law Evolving, Garden State Unchanged

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In January, the Department of Labor announced that it would use a new method to determine whether interns or students working for non-profit organizations should be paid under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The DOL’s new...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Department of Labor Wishes You a Happy New Year — and Implements Employer-Friendly Changes Regarding Interns and Volunteers

On January 5, 2018, the Department of Labor announced two employer-friendly changes applicable to interns and volunteers. Specifically, the DOL has adopted an employer-friendly approach to internships and has reinstated a...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

DOL Throws in Towel on Standard for Unpaid Internships

Last month, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals became the fourth appellate circuit to reject the Department of Labor’s six-part test for determining whether internships at for-profit companies must be paid. The DOL test...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Employment Law - January 2018 #2

DOL Reissues Opinion Letters, Adopts ‘Primary Beneficiary’ FLSA Test - Why it matters - Reinforcing a shift in policy, the Department of Labor (DOL) reissued 17 opinion letters on a variety of topics under the Fair...more

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