If your internship program doesn't meet the Department of Labor regulatory test, you may owe pay to all of your interns.
A subsequent reply to the submission here said,
I really believe in paying interns if they are doing meaningful productive work
Well, that's not only a good idea, it's the law. Interns generally must be paid if the value of their work to the employer exceeds the value of the training program to the intern--which certainly appears to be the case described in the original post here.
Anyway, interns who work without pay while possessing computer skills are chumps. In the job market in my town, anyone with serious programming skill can get a paid internship readily at a company with a genuine future--whether that is a start-up or an established big corporation.
Hmm that is very interesting! I had an "internship" a while ago. They never set any fixed length. After a week goes by they tell me that I do not fit the position. I thought "what position"?
According to that pdf if the internship was just a trial for a job then I was considered an employee. At least that is my understanding of what I read. I'm going to contact the department of labor and see if I am owed anything.
thanks for sharing the link. i'll admit i'm not nearly familiar enough with the federal labor laws, but from my undergrad experience, i know it's common practice around here for many of the opportunities to be unpaid.
" Interns generally must be paid if the value of their work to the employer exceeds the value of the training program to the intern--which certainly appears to be the case described in the original post here."
How would that be determined? All of the interns choose to work with us over other opportunities because of the hands-on real world experience.
"Anyway, interns who work without pay while possessing computer skills are chumps. In the job market in my town, anyone with serious programming skill can get a paid internship readily at a company with a genuine future--whether that is a start-up or an established big corporation."
Athens, GA is a different breed. We are one of the only places in town where these students can get real world ruby experience. It's said, but essentially true.
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You are living dangerously with federal labor law if you are not paying the interns anything at all.
http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs71.pdf
If your internship program doesn't meet the Department of Labor regulatory test, you may owe pay to all of your interns.
A subsequent reply to the submission here said,
I really believe in paying interns if they are doing meaningful productive work
Well, that's not only a good idea, it's the law. Interns generally must be paid if the value of their work to the employer exceeds the value of the training program to the intern--which certainly appears to be the case described in the original post here.
Anyway, interns who work without pay while possessing computer skills are chumps. In the job market in my town, anyone with serious programming skill can get a paid internship readily at a company with a genuine future--whether that is a start-up or an established big corporation.
Hmm that is very interesting! I had an "internship" a while ago. They never set any fixed length. After a week goes by they tell me that I do not fit the position. I thought "what position"?
According to that pdf if the internship was just a trial for a job then I was considered an employee. At least that is my understanding of what I read. I'm going to contact the department of labor and see if I am owed anything.
thanks for sharing the link. i'll admit i'm not nearly familiar enough with the federal labor laws, but from my undergrad experience, i know it's common practice around here for many of the opportunities to be unpaid.
" Interns generally must be paid if the value of their work to the employer exceeds the value of the training program to the intern--which certainly appears to be the case described in the original post here." How would that be determined? All of the interns choose to work with us over other opportunities because of the hands-on real world experience.
"Anyway, interns who work without pay while possessing computer skills are chumps. In the job market in my town, anyone with serious programming skill can get a paid internship readily at a company with a genuine future--whether that is a start-up or an established big corporation." Athens, GA is a different breed. We are one of the only places in town where these students can get real world ruby experience. It's said, but essentially true.