£4,000 for a dress – yet Balenciaga can’t pay their ‘intern sales assistant’ the minimum wage? • May 17, 2012 • 10 Comments
“LEARN HOW TO REPLENISH STOCK” FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES ONLY The super-luxe fashion label Balanciaga – a favourite of Victoria Beckham and Kate Moss…
Working part-time because you can’t find a full-time job? • May 17, 2012 • 2 Comments
YOU’RE NOT ALONE – 1.4 MILLION SUFFER IN “PART-TIME, LOW-PAY BRITAIN” Concerns have been raised that yesterday’s apparent good news about UK unemployment is in fact masking a crisis…
This year’s graduates face 2% pay cut • May 11, 2012 • 3 Comments
90% OF BUSINESSES WILL FREEZE STARTING SALARIES THIS YEAR The Class of 2012 will earn 2% less in real terms than those who left university a year ahead of them…
A quarter of graduates haven’t had a single interview • May 2, 2012 • 18 Comments
FOUR IN TEN HAVE APPLIED FOR OVER 100 JOBS AND A THIRD ARE CLAIMING THE DOLE More than a third of UK graduates have been forced to claim Jobseekers Allowance, two fifths have applied for over 100 jobs…
Caught! Boris, Ken or Brian – who’s been using unpaid interns? • April 25, 2012 • 25 Comments
*AN EXCLUSIVE REPORT BY GRADUATE FOG* The three leading candidates in the race to become the new Mayor of London…
The hand-out generation: Today’s parents pay over £15,000 per ADULT child • April 25, 2012 • 8 Comments
IS YOUR LOW-PAID JOB SHRINKING YOUR PARENTS’ PENSION POT? The average parents of today’s young adults are shelling out £15,490 per ‘child’…
Victory for interns! Time Out announces review of unpaid work placements • April 23, 2012 • 5 Comments
SPOKESPERSON ADMITS MAG MUST “MEET CURRENT REQUIREMENTS ON PAY Journalism interns can claim a victory at last…
Chris Grayling defends Workfare AGAIN (Jeez, when will he give it up?) • April 20, 2012 • 8 Comments
EMPLOYMENT MINISTER CLAIMS SCHEME’S CRITICS ‘JUST DON’T GET IT’ Chris Grayling, the employment minister who came under fire earlier this year…
Lib Dems break their promise to stop using unpaid interns • April 18, 2012 • 2 Comments
NEW SCHEME IS “AIMED AT GRADUATES” AND OPEN TO ALL – DESPITE PAYING EXPENSES ONLY The Liberal Democrats have broken a promise they made last year…
Our three-month, £2-a-day internship is only ‘work experience’, claims Time Out’s editor • April 16, 2012 • 12 Comments
THIS IS A “FUN” AND “VERY SOUGHT-AFTER OPPORTUNITY” SAYS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF TIM ARTHUR The Editor-in-Chief of Time Out has defended the magazine’s controversial…
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