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Last time I checked, it was illegal in the United States to work for a for-profit company for free ("volunteer"), which is clearly what this guy did. Now if Bo
by sachinag 16y ago
Last time I checked, it was illegal in the United States to work for a for-profit company for free ("volunteer"), which is clearly what this guy did. Now if Boxee/Spark has a legal opinion saying otherwise, great. (Even better if my crappy Chicago lawyers were wrong about this, too.)
But if they were right, if Nick ever gets fired or leaves on bad terms, I'm pretty sure he has an open-and-shut case to get back wages (plus punitives).
- joubert 16y agoIs that under anti-slavery laws?
- tokenadult 16y agoIt's a consequence of fair labor standards laws. For example, the minimum wage is higher than zero.
- rfrey 16y agoIt's to prevent companies that have a disproportionate amount of leverage in a hiring situation from exploiting that leverage unfairly. Say, by getting inexperienced, enthusiastic grads to work for free.