A Chick-Fil-A Store Tried to Recruit ‘Volunteers' Who Would Only Be Paid in Food

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“Earn 5 free entrees per shift (1 hr) worked,” the now-deleted Facebook post read.

, under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a for-profit business cannot hire volunteers to work, and employees may not volunteer services to for-profit private sector employers.

TODAY Food reached out to Joel Benson, the restaurant operator at the Chick-fil-A location in North Carolina, for comment and a worker there directed us to the company's corporate office. Chick-fil-A has not yet responded to our request for comment, but a spokesperson told that the company did not endorse the program and that the restaurant has decided to end it.

"Most restaurants are individually owned and operated, and it was a program at an individually owned restaurant," they said."After carefully reviewing claims and other details brought to our attention, as you possibly have, we have decided to stop this program and not move forward any further," he wrote, in part."We are always looking for fun and creative ways to engage our raving fans, and positively impact our community, and team members.

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