News & Analysis as of

Wage and Hour › Minimum Wage › Students

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

What Employers Need to Know Before Offering an Unpaid Internship

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on

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

Bricker Graydon LLP

Do I Need to Pay My Student Intern?

Bricker Graydon LLP on

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

Franczek P.C.

2019 Legislative Update: Summary of Changes in School Law

Franczek P.C. on

Franczek P.C. is pleased to announce the publication of its annual Legislative Update for schools. With the flood of legislative changes in Illinois this year, it is more imperative than ever for education stakeholders to...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The 10th Circuit Massaged the Idea of Whether Student-Trainees Were Employees Under the FLSA

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis:  Courts across the country have frequently weighed in on the unpaid interns/ trainees versus paid employee debate.  Now, the 10th Circuit has jumped into the fray with a decision affirming that a massage...more

Fisher Phillips

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

Fisher Phillips on

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

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Lousy Internship Experience Does Not Convert It Into Paid Work

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on

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

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: Seventh Circuit Rejects Claim That Cosmetology Trainees Were Employees

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

Former cosmetology students are not employees entitled to pay under the FLSA and various state laws, the Seventh Circuit holds, rejecting the Department of Labor’s six-factor test but declining to adopt any bright-line test....more

Cooley LLP

Alert: Hiring Unpaid Interns: Federal Court Changes (Some of) the Rules

Cooley LLP on

On July 2, 2015, a federal appeals court upended the test companies and courts have relied upon for nearly seventy years to determine whether or not an intern must be paid. Instead, in Glatt v. Fox the Second Circuit Court of...more

McAfee & Taft

Wage claims by unpaid interns heat up

McAfee & Taft on

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

9 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide