Department of Labor Scraps Prior Unpaid Intern Test and Adopts More Flexible Approach

Department of Labor Scraps Prior Unpaid Intern Test and Adopts More Flexible Approach

January 12, 2018, Covington Alert

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced that it will apply a new, more flexible test for determining whether interns working for “for-profit” companies are entitled to minimum wage and overtime protection under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The new test is set forth in DOL Fact Sheet #71 (updated January 2018).