BREAKING: Has KEEMSTAR &

Описание: Has Keemstar been violating federal law by hiring unpaid interns for years and not paying proper wages? If so, #DramaAlert is breaking the law and may have to pay tens of thousands of dollars in back pay. (open for more)
❤ Becky Boop

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How to file a federal complaint for violations of the US Department of Labor:
http://www.dol.gov/wecanhelp/howtofil...

Available remedies:
https://www.workplacefairness.org/com...

Fair Labor Standards Act, US Department of Labor:
http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/complianc...

New York state labor law:
https://labor.ny.gov/workerprotection...

Under the FLSA, employees may not volunteer services to for-profit private sector employers.
http://webapps.dol.gov/elaws/whd/flsa...

An unpaid intern does not regularly perform the company's routine work, nor is the business dependent upon that individual's work product, and
Interns used as substitutes for regular workers or to provide a needed boost in personnel must be paid at least minimum wage:
http://smallbusiness.findlaw.com/empl...

Also, do not use interns as replacements for regular employees:
http://www.natlawreview.com/article/u...

Employers that are considering adopting a volunteer or internship program must be self-critical and ask themselves what is motivating them. If the answer is that having “free labor” will provide an immediate boost to the bottom line, the program is likely illegal:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/richardtu...

Most private, for-profit organizations that are “hiring” unpaid interns are likely violating federal and state labor laws.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/shenegoti...

(Social media)
Keemstar / DramaAlert apology video, RSLgoldandglory:    • We got it wrong. - I'm sorry & will do bet...  
More thoughts on this: http://www.sugarbombed.com/forums/thr...
RavenFT video:    • Видео  
Chipmonkz, head of DramaAlert team's video:    • Видео  
Broken Computer tip-off tweet:   / 708887471505825793  
Freedo looking for interns tweet:   / 706988359307173888  
Keemstar's tweets looking for interns:   / 635674001487056896  
  / 421477560959004672  
  / 421638020492587008  
  / 602944306857521152  
DramaAlert Socialblade stats: http://socialblade.com/youtube/user/n...
Keemstar Gamma sponsorship: http://gfuel.com/pages/keemstar
Broken Computer's intern application DM:   / 70909410453829222  

**Edit 3/16/16 Blurred out one name from Skype chat upon request.