Students, Department of Labor (DOL), Minimum Wage

What Employers Need to Know Before Offering an Unpaid Internship

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 4/16/2025

With summer approaching, some employers may be looking to bring in interns during their break from school. Internships are great as they provide students with real-world training and experience, which supplements the learning...more

Do I Need to Pay My Student Intern?

Bricker Graydon LLP on 1/24/2025

With the start of this new semester, we have received several questions regarding whether student interns need to be paid. As everyone knows, state and federal law requires employers to pay employees for their work. ...more

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

Fisher Phillips on 3/8/2018

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

Lousy Internship Experience Does Not Convert It Into Paid Work

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 11/20/2017

In recent years, a number of companies have faced lawsuits from unpaid interns who claim that they should have been compensated for their work. The Department of Labor considers internships to be subject to federal minimum...more

Wage claims by unpaid interns heat up

McAfee & Taft on 6/19/2015

School is out and temperatures are rising. For many employers, summertime means a new crop of student workers. Summer internship programs are a time-honored tradition at many companies, providing educational benefits to the...more

Paying Elves And Interns!

Gray Reed on 12/20/2013

Actually, internships may be a good option for Santa’s non-profit operation – so long as he does not pay a stipend or offer any benefits and clarifies whether interns are unpaid volunteers or paid employees. Paying a...more