10 Jan The DOL Just Flipped Its Position on Paying Interns
Employment Lessons, Fair Labor Standards Act | Hans MurphyLate last week, the DOL effectively revamped the standards for unpaid interns, reversing a rule that had been in place since 2010 and giving private, for-profit employers whiplash. The FLSA does not define “intern.” However, “[a] person whose work serves only his own interest” is not considered to be “an employee of another person who gives him aid and instruction.” Walling v. Portland Terminal Co., 330 U.S. 148, 152 (1947). 2010 DOL Standard The DOL upended that long-standing rule in 2010…