The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) specifies employee rights,including minimum wage and overtime pay. Students often work inunpaid internships, and employers are not obligated to comply withthe FLSA if the student is receiving an educational opportunity, asopposed to providing free labor for a company. The U.S. Departmentof Labor requires compliance with the FLSA, including payment ofwages and overtime when an intern is solely assisting in acompany’s operations. For this discussion, you will be consideringwhen an employer should be obligated to comply with the FLSA andcompensate its interns. Before you begin, review the United StatesDepartment of Labor (DOL) tests for determining when an internshould be compensated. For your initial response, describe anintern and an internship situation that you believe meets the DOLtests for remaining an unpaid internship In describing thesituation, take all of the test provisions into consideration
