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The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) specifies employee rights, including minimum wage and overtime pay. Students often work in unpaid internships, and employers are not obligated to comply with the FLSA if the student is receiving an educational opportunity, as opposed to providing free labor for a company. The U.S. Department of Labor requires compliance with the FLSA, including payment of wages and overtime when an intern is solely assisting in a company’s operations. For this discussion, you will be considering when an employer should be obligated to comply with the FLSA and compensate its interns. Before you begin, review the United States Department of Labor (DOL) tests for determining when an intern should be compensated. The URL for connecting to the DOL tests is https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs71.htm. For your initial response, describe an intern and an internship situation that you believe meets the DOL tests for remaining an unpaid internship In describing the situation, take all of the test provisions into consideration Post replies to at least two other students Your posts to other students should be at least one paragraph You will assume the role of the attorney for the interns described by the other students You will argue for why the interns should receive compensation based on lack of compliance with the DOL tests Doing more than the minimum will enhance your grade All posts are to be substantial, incorporate course concepts, and relate to the discussion issue You might also want to conduct some independent research to enhance your posts