How much money can a business pay to a volunteer as a stipend before the volunteer is considered to be an employee, in California?
How much money can a business pay to a volunteer as a stipend before the volunteer is considered to be an employee, in California?
As a broad rule, for-profit businesses cannot use volunteers -- unless they are following the laws and regulations relating to the few exceptions to that general rule, such as a bona fide unpaid internship, the use of a volunteer by a for-profit business is likely to violate both state and federal employment laws.