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<blockquote data-quote="Charlie Zureki" data-source="post: 39870" data-attributes="member: 153">Re: Interns, and the use thereof&nbsp; Hello Jack,&nbsp;&nbsp; I posted the criteria for the qualification of being legally considered as an intern in the other Forum, sometime back...&nbsp;&nbsp; But, any Accounting positions in the making of a Union made, Motion Picture are considered Free-lance, &quot;Contracted work&quot;. &nbsp;&nbsp; With that said.... My argument is that he SHOULD receive any difference in the wages he was paid, and what is considered minimum wage, including overtime pay. &nbsp;&nbsp; 1.) there are some job discriptions that can pay below minimum wage, but this job or it&#039;s title as Accountant (Associate Accountant) is not one from the legal list.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 2.) Major Motion Pictures follow the prevailing wage of the Filming and/or Production location for any Contracted Work.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3.) Although this complaintant was probably hired by the Movie&#039;s Production Accountant,(Contractor) the liability also falls on the Movie Production Company. (as they were co-benefitted from his work)&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.) This compaintant has a case if the work that he performed was considered crutial to the operation of the Movie&#039;s production. &nbsp;&nbsp; 5.) If there were a need for the complaintant&#039;s position, that would have to have been filled by another Accountant, then his position would NOT be considered as an intern. &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Eight dollars and some change ....to work as an Associate Accountant was not, and still is not a deal breaker to this Movie&#039;s budget. They should have paid him at least the minimum wage in the first place.&nbsp; By my guess...if he worked 40 weeks @ 60 hour work weeks ...2400 hours... x the $3.00 he should have been paid...it only comes out to $7200.&nbsp; .... shit....that&#039;s less than 1/3 of what the Director made per week. &nbsp;&nbsp; Hammer&nbsp;ps... thanks for the Link Tim.. very clear.&nbsp; I walked away from my Computer ...and found that I had posted my reply...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charlie Zureki, post: 39870, member: 153"] Re: Interns, and the use thereof Hello Jack, I posted the criteria for the qualification of being legally considered as an intern in the other Forum, sometime back... But, any Accounting positions in the making of a Union made, Motion Picture are considered Free-lance, "Contracted work". With that said.... My argument is that he SHOULD receive any difference in the wages he was paid, and what is considered minimum wage, including overtime pay. 1.) there are some job discriptions that can pay below minimum wage, but this job or it's title as Accountant (Associate Accountant) is not one from the legal list. 2.) Major Motion Pictures follow the prevailing wage of the Filming and/or Production location for any Contracted Work. 3.) Although this complaintant was probably hired by the Movie's Production Accountant,(Contractor) the liability also falls on the Movie Production Company. (as they were co-benefitted from his work) 4.) This compaintant has a case if the work that he performed was considered crutial to the operation of the Movie's production. 5.) If there were a need for the complaintant's position, that would have to have been filled by another Accountant, then his position would NOT be considered as an intern. Eight dollars and some change ....to work as an Associate Accountant was not, and still is not a deal breaker to this Movie's budget. They should have paid him at least the minimum wage in the first place. By my guess...if he worked 40 weeks @ 60 hour work weeks ...2400 hours... x the $3.00 he should have been paid...it only comes out to $7200. .... shit....that's less than 1/3 of what the Director made per week. Hammer ps... thanks for the Link Tim.. very clear. I walked away from my Computer ...and found that I had posted my reply... [/QUOTE]

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