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And Reddit is paying some moderators. It's called the Community Builders Program; they are mostly paying people to moderate UK- and India-specific subs. US $20/

• pledess 4y ago
  Courts should be more concerned about whether a large U.S. private business such as Reddit is even allowed to use any unpaid labor: https://webapps.dol.gov/elaws/whd/flsa/docs/volunteers.asp https://webapps.dol.gov/elaws/whd/flsa/docs/volunteers.asp "Under the FLSA, employees may not volunteer services to for-profit private sector employers." https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/tools-and-samples/how-to-guides/pages/volunteeroranemployee.aspx https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/tools-and-samples/how... "There are no general regulations that permit volunteering of services to an employer in the private sector. All hours worked must be paid. According to the FLSA, an employer must pay all employees not less than the minimum wage for all hours worked." https://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/2018/01/04/can-accept-volunteer-labor/ https://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/2018/01/04/can-accept-volunte... "Most for-profit organizations cannot accept volunteer, unpaid labor without running afoul of the FLSA."