Labor Department adopts stricter rules on difference between interns and employees

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The Labor Department announced Friday that it would adopt stricter rules for what separates employees from interns.

The department said it was dropping a six-point test it had used in favor of a broader seven-point one that several federal courts have endorsed. The new standard will create a higher bar for employers to prove that their interns are just that.

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