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Re:Should first employee at YC funded company work for free? by dotBen on Sunday May 15, 2011 @09:49PM (#2551342)
Aside from whether this is ethical or not, its not legal in California. Even interns have to be paid at least minimum wage.
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Re:Should first employee at YC funded company work for free? by japherwocky on Sunday May 15, 2011 @10:35PM (#2551420)
In most states, afaik, unpaid interns are not allowed to be working on things that provide income to the company.
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Re:Should first employee at YC funded company work for free? by pbreit on Monday May 16, 2011 @12:21AM (#2551635)
So what if, like almost all startups, no income is being generated?
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Re:Should first employee at YC funded company work for free? by japherwocky on Monday May 16, 2011 @04:20PM (#2554005)
hrm. That's an interesting stance, and I don't know!
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Re:Should first employee at YC funded company work for free? by gityou on Sunday May 15, 2011 @10:07PM (#2551376)
Do you have a reference for that?
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Re:Should first employee at YC funded company work for free? by protomyth on Sunday May 15, 2011 @10:19PM (#2551392)
http://articles.sfgate.com/2007-05-27/business/17246015_1_la...
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