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# Download the free PDF - The Employer's Guide to Unpaid Internships

### **The Employer's Guide to Unpaid Internships teaches you everything you need to know to legally hire unpaid interns.**

- The 6 criteria to meet the FLSA exemption (the test).
- Explanation of job entitlement, displacement and supervision issues.
- A way to get in touch with us in case you have any follow-up questions (free support calls offered).

### The test for unpaid interns

The Supreme Court has held that the term "suffer or permit to work" cannot be interpreted to include those whose work is for their own benefit and done under the aid or instruction of another. This may apply to interns who receive training for their own educational benefit if the training meets certain criteria. The determination of whether an internship or training program meets this exclusion depends upon all of the facts and circumstances of each such program.

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### Rules for supervision, displacement and job entitlement all explained

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) broadly defines the term “employ” which includes “to suffer or permit to work.” An organization’s interns may need to be paid for their time under the FLSA’s definition.

The points outlined here can assist employers in determining whether or not an unpaid intern should be classified as a paid, non-exempt employee.

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