Tag: Interns

• Employment Law & Litigation

  Fair Labor Standards Act: When an Intern Qualifies as an Employee

  • December 13, 2013
  • By Allen & Gooch
  

  Does an Intern Fall Under the Protection of the Fair Labor Standards Act? The United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals is currently reviewing a pair of cases that address whether interns meet the definition of an employee under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that gives minimum wage protections to workers. The outcome […]

• Employment Law & Litigation

  Department Of Labor: Pay Requirements Of Summer Employees And Interns

  • May 7, 2010
  • By Allen & Gooch

  Summer Intern? Summer Employee? DOL Sees a Difference The U.S. Department of Labor has recently offered new guidance about wage and overtime pay requirements for summer employees and interns. The DOL standards apply to private sector, ‘for profit’ employers. Interns who are more ‘employees’ than ‘trainees’ must generally be paid at least minimum wage, and […]