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/cdklawyers.com/Dallas Employment Lawyer – Attorney Keith Clouse/ 08/11/2011
As students prepare to return to school, many are seeking to obtain work experience during the semester, even if it means taking an unpaid internship. However, employers need to understand their obligations when an internship is unpaid and when it is not. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) an internship will be viewed as employment when the intern is providing services to “for-profit” sector employers. Interns that are within this “for-profit” sector must be paid minimum wage and overtime compensation, unless the 6-part test for an unpaid intern is met.
