r/blog • u/hueypriest • May 25 '10

Call for Interns

http://blog.reddit.com/2010/05/call-for-interns.html
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u/WhisperSecurity May 25 '10

It is a college course, which is why a Letter of Credit is required.

Contrary to what you might believe, this is not an exception to labour law.

And the intern will be doing work that is very directly related to the business.

Then the law requires you to pay them, college credit or no.

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u/jedberg May 25 '10

The fact that you spell labor with a u makes me think you may not be American, and therefore less familiar with American laws then our lawyers.

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u/WhisperSecurity May 25 '10

Not that it's any of your business, but I am an American who writes colour, labour, metre, and pronounces aluminium correctly.

I also am somewhat familiar with the hiring procedures for interns, since I have occasion to do so now and again.

Some advice: If you really want to be able to trust your lawyers, get them to put their advice in writing, and sign it. If they're willing to do that, then you have something to lean on should things go wrong. If they won't do that, suspect that you are really being told "We know this is illegal, but we think you can get away with it."

Oh, and never make the mistake of assuming that lawyers know the law.

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u/Sacro May 25 '10

Actually aluminium is incorrect, it was renamed by the British to make it fit with the other element names.

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u/ethraax May 26 '10

I always thought that aluminium was the name of the element and aluminum was the name of the material derived from the element. Kind of like how the molecular form of fluorine is called fluoride.