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This either should be illegal or already is.

• impossiblefork 5y ago
  Yes, it definitely sounds like it breaks minimum wage laws, and if it doesn't, precisely how it avoids doing that would be something quite interesting.
  • IncRnd 5y ago
    > Yes, it definitely sounds like it breaks minimum wage laws, and if it doesn't, precisely how it avoids doing that would be something quite interesting. Actually, it sounds like it definitely doesn't break minimum wage laws. Since UCLA is a public land grant university, not private, wouldn't this simply be a volunteer position that isn't subject to minimum wage?
  • devwastaken 5y ago
    Universities are given special laws, so much so it makes you wonder if there aren't small illiminati-esque alumni that ensured it so. Just this week California was very quick to change the law to stop one of their unis from being sued.
    • KatePhD 5y ago
      Universities are not "given special laws." What nonsense.
      • qq66 5y ago
        They are frequently given special laws, principal among them tax-exempt status.
      • devwastaken 5y ago
        Lookup tenant rights for student housing. Students don't have it, they're explicitly exempt. A university does not have to follow the commercial process, they can make predatory contracts well outside of reason, tax free (for them), and reap all the profits. Things universities intentionally avoid teaching so students won't organize against the system abusing them.