Discuss “State law allows students to be paid less than minimum wage”

Minimum wage. It’s the dreaded topic that makes employers’ toes curl, employees’ tempers flare, and labor bureaus’ payrolls soar. We all want to avoid the idea of the dreaded minimum wage: Employees want to avoid being paid the least amount possible under law; employers want to avoid dealing with said low-paid, disgruntled employees. But what does it say when employees are paid lower than low — below minimum wage?

In Pennsylvania, according to the Bureau of Labor Law Compliance’s “Minimum Wage Law Summary,” employees can legally be paid below minimum wage. Well, not just any employees: This exception to the law applies specifically to employees-in-training, employees that work somewhere where there are 10 or less full-time...