Volunteers

[ESumerlin]

From Bloomberg, in part, New York, May 26

"Two former volunteers for America Online Inc., the world's largest online
service, have filed a class-action lawsuit in Manhattan's Federal Court to
obtain back wages, the New York Times News Service reported. The plaintiffs,
Kelly Hallisey of Nassau County, New York and Brian Williams of Dallas, allege
that AOL violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, a federal law that mandates
that a minimum wage be paid to employees, by using volunteers to perform work
for the company, the NYT said."
. . ."Before Internet companies were worth billions of dollars, volunteers
frequently contributed their services to build online communities, often in
exchange for free Internet access."

For anyone who hasn't previously seen me post this, I have a letter
from the DOL stating that they determined the volunteers of LEC
are employees subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act. LEC
did not agree. Someone who has volunteered for LEC will either have
to file a complaint with the DOL or start a class action suit to
settle it. There is a 2 year statute of limitation, 3 year if the
violation is found to be intentional.

[patrick]

In article <19990527011628...@ngol01.aol.com>,

well it sounds like Christmas time again. go collect your money

by by pat

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