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What should we do? Our summer intern is suddenly demanding back pay?

by 07/05/2013

Q. We hired an intern for the summer. She was eager to work for free to add it to her résumé ... We told her that after this week we won’t need her. That’s when she said we owe her minimum wage or she’ll complain to the Department of Labor. Do we really have to pay her?

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