Vocational Student Assignments Exempted from Federal Minimum Wage Law.
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to exclude certain vocational students from the definition of 'employee.' Tasks and services required by a postsecondary vocational institution for a student to obtain a recognized credential will no longer be considered employment. Consequently, students performing mandatory practical assignments may not be entitled to federal minimum wage or overtime protections for that work.
Key points
Mandatory tasks performed by students in postsecondary vocational schools are excluded from the definition of 'employment' under the FLSA.
Students performing required practical work may lose the right to minimum wage and overtime pay protections for those specific assignments.
The change applies only to tasks necessary to achieve a recognized postsecondary vocational credential.
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