The four-week limit: The little legal change every intern needs to know about

The four-week limit: The little legal change every intern needs to know about

HOW ONE TINY TWEAK WILL HAVE A BIG IMPACT FOR YOUNG WORKERS Good news for interns at last! Yesterday, Labour announced it is backing an important proposal which will help to ensure that all internships lasting more than four weeks are automatically paid, if the party...
Ho Ho Ho! Win your FREE copy of ‘How to Get a Graduate Job in a Recession’

Ho Ho Ho! Win your FREE copy of ‘How to Get a Graduate Job in a Recession’

* JOB BOARD MONSTER GIVES AWAY 150 COPIES TO GRADUATES * Job board Monster is giving away 150 copies of How to Get a Graduate Job in a Recession, as an early Christmas present to the UK’s job-hunting graduates. To win your book (plus a Monster goody bag),...
London internships: Six in 10 paid less than the minimum wage

London internships: Six in 10 paid less than the minimum wage

UK CAPITAL HAS ‘A BIG PROBLEM’ WITH UNPAID INTERNSHIPS, FINDS DAMNING NEW REPORT More than six in 10 London internships are paid less than the minimum wage and unpaid internships are ‘a big problem’ in the capital, according to a damning new...
Young people are being shafted – so why don’t more under-35s VOTE?

Young people are being shafted – so why don’t more under-35s VOTE?

CAN’T BE BOTHERED – OR CAN’T SEE THE POINT? The UK’s under-35s could decide the result of the 2015 general election, says new research – but that’s only if they bother to vote. The list of problems facing young people seems to grow...
Are all unpaid interns really ‘rich’? Not in our experience

Are all unpaid interns really ‘rich’? Not in our experience

MOST ARE SKINT – AND INACCURATE STEREOTYPES OBSCURE THE TRUE VILLAINS IN TODAY’S JOB MARKET: THE EMPLOYERS WHO EXPLOIT YOUNG WORKERS According to much of the mainstream press, it’s a fact that you have to be ‘rich’ (or even...
A London internship will cost you £1,013 a month (to work for FREE)

A London internship will cost you £1,013 a month (to work for FREE)

NEW STATS REVEAL TRUE PRICE OF ‘EXPERIENCE’ * OOH! Our founder Tanya de Grunwald’s views on this story have been quoted by BuzzFeed, the Daily Mail and Channel 4 News! * Thinking of doing a London internship? It will cost you £1,013 a month (on rent...
Only one in 40 new jobs since the recession is for a full-time employee

Only one in 40 new jobs since the recession is for a full-time employee

1.3 MILLION PEOPLE STILL WANT MORE WORK THAN THEY CAN FIND. ARE YOU ONE OF THEM? Only one in every 40 new jobs created since the recession is for a full-time employee – and many workers classed as ‘self-employed’ are only just scratching a living,...
Confidence coach seeks unpaid intern (Wow, that’ll be great for THEIR self-esteem!)

Confidence coach seeks unpaid intern (Wow, that’ll be great for THEIR self-esteem!)

GURU’S NINE-MONTH PR JOB PAYS EXPENSES ONLY * UPDATE! Annie Ashdown has just announced she WILL pay this intern if the role goes ahead. See Comments below this post * A confidence coach and author has posted an advert for a nine-month unpaid PR internship,...
WOOP! Living Wage jumps to nearly £10 an hour

WOOP! Living Wage jumps to nearly £10 an hour

BUT GULF WIDENS BETWEEN WAGES OFFERED BY GOOD AND BAD EMPLOYERS The Living Wage has jumped to nearly £10 an hour in some parts of the UK, meaning that graduates working for ‘good’ employers are earning 41% more than those with the same skills who are...
End unpaid internships by 2020? No, end them now

End unpaid internships by 2020? No, end them now

WE DEMAND URGENT ACTION IN FIGHT FOR FAIR PAY FOR YOUNG WORKERS Graduate Fog’s founder has insisted that interns’ fight for fair pay must be a priority – and that a recommendation that unpaid internships should be abolished by 2020 is an insult to...