by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 10, 2011 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Pay Your Interns, Unpaid internships, Wages
AND WE DEMAND AN APOLOGY FROM SIMON COWELL ** UPDATE: SINCE THIS STORY WAS FIRST PUBLISHED, X FACTOR INTERNS HAVE RECEIVED THOUSANDS OF POUNDS IN UNPAID WAGES (JUNE 2012) ** Officials have announced they will study evidence that X Factor has been employing unpaid...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 9, 2011 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Pay Your Interns, Unpaid internships, Wages
SPOKESPERSON CLAIMS THEY WERE ‘NOT AWARE’ OF FOUR FULL-TIME UNPAID INTERNS The production company behind X Factor has claimed that they were unaware that there have been four unpaid interns working on-set, full-time for the last three months, assisting...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 8, 2011 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Pay Your Interns, Unpaid internships, Wages
DOES SIMON COWELL KNOW? **GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE!** The team behind the X Factor has admitted to Graduate Fog that it employs at least four interns who work full-time, for three months, paid travel and lunch expenses only. The interns’ employer told us:...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 6, 2011 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
FOUR IN TEN RETAILERS PLAN TO LAY OFF YOUNG STAFF Graduates who have taken shop jobs as a temporary solution because they can’t find graduate roles have been warned that even those jobs aren’t safe. The CBI has said that 40% of retailers plan too axe shop...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 30, 2011 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
FLIP BURGERS TO SAVE UP TO WORK UNPAID, SAYS RUTHLESS CEO OF NEW AGENCY OFFERING PAID-FOR INTERNSHIPS The founder of a new website which charges people to intern for free has claimed his company offers a useful and valuable service to young jobseekers, by charging...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 28, 2011 | graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
MPs ADVERTISE 260 UNPAID INTERNSHIPS SINCE THE ELECTION As youth unemployment has soared, Britain’s elected MPs – from millionaire Tory cabinet members to Labour backbenchers – have been disregarding the National Minimum Wage law by employing unpaid...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 21, 2011 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
WESTWOOD BACKS OCCUPY LSX PROTEST – BUT DOESN’T PAY HER OWN INTERNS Graduate Fog was surprised to hear that Vivienne Westwood is backing the Occupy LSX protest – when we revealed last month that the fashion designer refuses to pay her own interns,...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 17, 2011 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
YOU ARE NOT AN “ATTRACTIVE VALUE PROPOSITION” CLAIMS FAT CAT *GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE!* A British businessman – whose wealth is estimated at £1.5 billion – has suggested that the minimum wage should be slashed for youngsters, to make them...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 16, 2011 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
JOBLESS UNDER 25s WOULD FILL THE O2 ARENA FIVE TIMES OVER There are now 1.2 million unemployed 16 to 24-year-olds living in the UK, according to new figures published this morning by the Office of National Statistics. It is now at a 15-year high and is double the rate...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 14, 2011 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
SIMPLE GAFFE OR PROOF OF ENDEMIC RUTHLESSNESS TOWARDS YOUNG WORKERS? The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has shocked Graduate Fog by publicly advertising a nine-month unpaid internship, paying travel and lunch expenses only. The CBI is the UK’s foremost...
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