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 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...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 9, 2011 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
CHAIN IGNORES QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS THREE-MONTH, UNPAID INTERNSHIP The high street fashion chain French Connection (FCUK) has advertised a full-time, three month unpaid internship on their company website — and ignored multiple emails from us asking how they feel...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 7, 2011 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Unpaid internships
SHOCK NEW DOCUMENTS SHOW WARNINGS DATE BACK TO JULY 2010 Interns’ rights campaigners have accused politicians of “cowardice” after it emerged that they have been deliberately ignoring warnings about the damage unpaid internships are doing for A YEAR...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 1, 2011 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
NEW EVIDENCE FORCES CHAIN TO BREAK THEIR SILENCE OVER POLICY ON INTERNSHIPS River Island has been forced to respond to our questions about their policy on internships after a former intern posted a diary of an internship with the retailer on a blog — and...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 31, 2011 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
BOSSES EARN YOUR MONTHLY WAGE IN JUST ONE HOUR! New research has revealed that the bosses of many top companies earn more in an HOUR than many of their young employees earn in a MONTH. The average executive earns £1,406 per hour – while the average chief...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 26, 2011 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Unpaid internships
POT, KETTLE, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER? Nick Clegg has lectured the PR industry about its exploitation of unpaid interns — yet Graduate Fog can exclusively reveal that his own party refuses to change its own behaviour and pay its own young staff a proper wage for...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 24, 2011 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Unpaid internships, Wages
ALAN SUGAR PROMISES HE DOES NOT USE UNPAID INTERNS *GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE!* Lord Sugar has become the first high-profile business person to back our Pay Your Interns campaign by stating publicly that he does NOT use unpaid interns within any of his companies. His...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 20, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships
CULTURE SECRETARY JEREMY HUNT BRAZENLY TOUTS MULTIPLE ROLES The Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt is advertising for multiple “constituency interns”, paying travel expenses only. The roles are targeted at recent graduates and involve “assisting the...
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