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Internships
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Taking Care of HR Business
Unpaid Labor: Focus Shifts from Hollywood to Baseball to Church
In the past we have focused a lot on volunteer labor. The fact that generally an individual cannot “volunteer” to work for a for-profit business. The days of unpaid internships…
Employment Law Letter
Federal DOL Updates Guidance On FLSA Compliant Internship Programs
On occasion, many businesses provide unpaid internship opportunities. However, it is important to be sure the unpaid internship does not run afoul of the Fair Labor Standards Act, as some…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
The Very First Day of Work. Ever.
Do you remember your first day at work? I'm not just talking about a new job. I mean your first day EVER at a workplace. For my oldest daughter, today…
Connecting Justice Communities
ATJ Tech Fellows Summer Internship Positions at Pro Bono Net
By Jax Gitzes
There are 21 summer internship opportunities for law students interested in public interest law and technology through the ATJ Tech Fellows program. Two of these positions will be hosted by Pro…
SimplyHR
DOL adopts ‘primary beneficiary test’ to evaluate whether interns are employees under FLSA
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) this month issued its revised Fact Sheet #71 on “Internship Programs Under the Fair Labor Standards Act” outlining that the agency will rely on…
Healthcare Law Insights
Department of Labor Announces Stricter “Primary Beneficiary” Test for Interns
By Kevin Koronka, Leslie Basque
As is par for the course with the start of a new presidential administration, many changes to employment laws are anticipated, with several already underway. The most recent of which…
Employment Law Business Guide
DOL Issues New Guidance on Unpaid Internships
Last week, the Department of Labor issued new guidance on whether interns are “employees” covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act’s minimum wage and overtime provisions. In the updated guidance,…
Law and the Workplace
DOL Adopts “Primary Beneficiary” Test For Internship Programs
By Allan Bloom
The U.S. Department of Labor announced in a January 5, 2018 press release that it was scrapping the six-factor test it had used for years to determine whether interns are employees…
Wage & Hour Law Update
It’s Cut and Dry: Ninth Circuit Adopts “Primary Beneficiary” Analysis, Concludes Cosmetology and Hair Design Students Were Interns, Not Employees
Former students at a cosmetology and hair design school with locations in California and Nevada were interns and not employees entitled to wages under the FLSA or state law, the…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
Second Circuit Court of Appeals Rules That Hearst Interns Are Not Employees
By Ryan Duffy
In a decision issued earlier this month, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that participants in unpaid internship programs offered by the Hearst Corporation could not be classified as…