Employment and Labor Law

Contact: Sue Willman; Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP (Missouri, USA)

Employers in the private, for-profit sector often want or are asked to provide unpaid internships. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), however, imposes restrictions on an employer's ability to do so. The following requirements must be met for an intern to work for an employer without pay in the for-profit sector. If all of these requirements are not met, the intern is an employee and must receive minimum wage and be paid overtime.

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