I'm guessing 3 is the tricky one for most startups. The uk has somewhat similar legislation, and it's generally considered that if the intern is doing work whic

I'm guessing 3 is the tricky one for most startups. The uk has somewhat similar legislation, and it's generally considered that if the intern is doing work which otherwise would have to be done by a full employee then it's displacing a regular employee. Which in practice means you can't give interns "real" work. edit: tptacek below is right that 4 is probably worse