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If it’s a charity I think there are different rules though. Which kind of makes sense because it would suck for the charity to have to pay to train someone only for them to disappear after 3 months.
Charity gigs are typically done by people who are just looking for something to do while they’re between jobs so they do tend to be pretty much revolving door of employees.
You cannot require employees to pay for mandatory work-related training.
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/does-employer-pay-training.html
So I tracked down this posting, and fun fact, it’s a state government job for a non taxpayer funded attraction.
Name and shame, someone needs to report this.
Here you go https://www.aza.org/jobs?job=40977
Well done to the Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center
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If it’s a charity I think there are different rules though. Which kind of makes sense because it would suck for the charity to have to pay to train someone only for them to disappear after 3 months.
Charity gigs are typically done by people who are just looking for something to do while they’re between jobs so they do tend to be pretty much revolving door of employees.
Why not post who it is. I don’t understand the blacking out.
i don’t think it’s government run, looks like a private sanctuary from looking at their web site.
if it was a state facility, it would be stated on its web site with links and references to the administering agency (dnr, cpw, etc);
and if it was a private non-profit 501©3, that fact would also be stated clearly because that’s a significant bit of data, in its history page, and likely every page in the footer, as well as adjacent to every solicitation for donations or mention of its contact information.
You mean like this? “Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center, an Association of Zoos and Aquarium (AZA) accredited non-profit sanctuary in Divide, CO…”
They’re also listed as a 501c3 in the Non-Profit Explorer - https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/841376613
Also if it was a state facility the info would likely be on a .gov website.
Just because something is illegal doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. There’s no good enforcement mechanism.
Assuming this is in ‘Merica.