Unpaid internships are allowed if the intern isn't a) treated like an employee and b) the intern can't do work that would otherwise be considered that job of an

Unpaid internships are allowed if the intern isn't a) treated like an employee and b) the intern can't do work that would otherwise be considered that job of an employee. That's exactly what is happening here. He was not doing the job of an employee nor was he treated like one. As soon as he started doing the work an employee would normally be tasked with they put him into the payroll. They did the right thing.