Pay Practices for Interns and Seasonal Workers: Essentials for Managing Summer Help

Pay Practices for Interns and Seasonal Workers Webinar Recording

With summer quickly approaching, you may already be planning internships, and employers in the agricultural and leisure sectors are gearing up to hire temporary seasonal workers.

With so many variations, including both paid and unpaid opportunities, as well as apprenticeships and co-op learning, you run the risk of violating a number of laws if you're not up-to-date on the latest regulation of internship classification. The Fair Labor Standards Act has specific rules that govern both internships and seasonal positions, which can trip up even the best-intentioned HR manager.

It's crucial for you to classify your interns correctly so you can shield your organization from costly legal entanglements.

Participate in this interactive webinar, and you'll learn:

• Criteria you must meet to justify an unpaid internship under FLSA
• The ins and outs of offering academic credit or other benefits instead of or in addition to pay
• Terms and conditions you should include in any written or unwritten agreement regarding internships
• Types of workers’ compensation or other insurance coverage that you should consider
• How unemployment insurance could come into play
• Topics you should discuss with schools when setting up internship programs
• The differences between internships and apprenticeships/co-op learning
• Pros and cons of structuring an internship to lead into full employment
• Whether it’s permissible to bring on a non-student as an intern
• Wage and hour basics for paying seasonal or temporary employees
• Meal period and rest break protections seasonal/temporary employees and interns are entitled to under federal law
• The legal pitfalls you must recognize to avoid making compensation and benefits decisions regarding seasonal and temporary employees
• And more...

In just 90 minutes, you'll learn how to get the most out of your internships while avoiding costly legal entanglements. Register now for this timely event risk-free.

This webinar was recorded on Thursday, May 10, 2012

Pay Practices for Interns and Seasonal Workers: Essentials for Managing Summer Help

About Your Speaker:

Attorney Evelyn L. Gentry is a Labor & Employment Associate with Faegre Baker Daniels, where she assists with preparation for employment-related litigation and advises businesses on labor and employment issues.