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Frequently Asked Questions: Labor & Employment for Nonprofit Organizations

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The questions and answers below highlight labor and employment topics as they relate to nonprofit organizations. Classifying Your Staff - What is the difference between a paid employee and an unpaid volunteer? Under...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

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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

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Planning on Hiring Summer Interns? Make Sure Your Pay Practices Don’t Trip You Up

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The end of the school year is on the horizon for high school and college students. Along with catching up on sleep and enjoying a break from classes, many students will want to spend at least part of the summer working for...more

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Second Circuit Shears Cosmetology Student’s Claims In Intern-Or-Employee Case

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Concluding that a student at a for-profit cosmetology academy was the “primary beneficiary” of the hours he spent training at the academy’s salon, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the district’s court’s...more

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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

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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

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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

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Second Circuit Provides Guidance on Intern-Employee Test

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On December 8, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (which has jurisdiction over federal district courts in Connecticut, New York and Vermont) ruled in favor of an employer, holding that six unpaid...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

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Unpaid Intern or Employee? - DOL’s Enforcement Policy Is Changing

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In a news release issued this month, the federal Department of Labor (DOL) advised that it will begin using a more flexible test to determine whether interns are really employees. This is important, in part, because...more

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DOL Clarifies Approach to Unpaid Internships

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Earlier this month, US employers received important news just as the season of hiring summer interns is set to begin. The Department of Labor (“DOL”), through Fact Sheet #71, clarified its position regarding unpaid...more

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DOL Adopts New Standard for Determining Whether Unpaid Interns Are ‘Employees’

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The US Department of Labor will now apply a “primary beneficiary” test, which was previously adopted by several courts and provides greater flexibility in structuring internship programs....more

Littler

DOL Updates Guidance on Unpaid Interns, Embracing Circuit Courts' Approach

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The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced a significant change in its interpretation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) with respect to interns. The FLSA, of course, regulates an employer’s duty to pay minimum wage...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Are Your Unpaid Interns Actually Interns? Six-Factor Test Is Out, and Primary Beneficiary Test Is In

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced that it will adopt a new, more flexible test for distinguishing interns from employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)....more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Are You Required to Pay Your Interns?

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For-profit employers occasionally bring on unpaid interns to work at the company. The question employers must ask is whether an unpaid intern is actually an employee and, therefore, entitled to be paid minimum wage and...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

DOL Adopts More Flexible Test for Classifying Interns

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The Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced its adoption of a new test on January 5, 2018, for determining whether interns are employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). In recent years, many for-profit employers...more

Troutman Pepper

U.S. Department Of Labor Endorses More Flexible Unpaid Intern Test

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Q. Our company wants to establish an internship program and host student interns to work alongside our employees. Do we need to pay the interns? A. Possibly. Over the past few years, courts and the Department of Labor...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Department of Labor Changes Rules on Unpaid Internships

The U.S. Department of Labor has endorsed a seven-factor test for determining whether an intern is considered an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced it has...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

U.S. Department of Labor Clarifies When Interns are Subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act

In a recent change of position, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) has endorsed a new standard for determining when an unpaid intern is entitled to compensation as an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). We...more

McGuireWoods LLP

DOL Adopts “Primary Beneficiary” Test for Unpaid Internships

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Following another appellate court’s rejection of its six-part test to determine whether an intern is an employee for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Department of Labor (DOL) on January 5 announced that it would...more

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Confused About Paying Interns? The Rules Just Changed Again

Back in 2015, I wrote a post on CommLawCenter discussing the prevalence of interns in the communications industry, and the Department of Labor’s crackdown on businesses illegally failing to pay their interns. That crackdown...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Labor Department Hits the Brakes on Class Actions by Interns

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In yet another blow to Obama-era Department of Labor (DOL) precedent, the DOL recently eliminated its six-part test for determining whether interns can be deemed employees for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA),...more

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