by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 14, 2017 | Business, Employers and recruitment, leisure and hospitality, Money, Politicians, Retail, Wages
“YOUNG WORKERS DESERVE TO BE TREATED FAIRLY” AND PAID THE SAME AS OLDER COLLEAGUES The Government must stop cheating 21- to 24-year-olds out of the top rate of National Minimum Wage (NMW), the Low Pay Commission has been told today. The TUC (Trades Union...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 27, 2017 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, leisure and hospitality, Unpaid internships, Wages
THE TOPSY-TURVY LOGIC OF PAYING YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THEIR LABOUR An unpaid ‘work experience’ scheme by Pret a Manger was slammed at the weekend – the public backlash was so strong that the sandwich chain was forced to perform a U-turn and pledge that...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 10, 2016 | Employers and recruitment, Employment rights, Graduate Jobs, leisure and hospitality, Money, Recession and economy, Retail, Wages, zero hours contracts
UNDER-25s ACCOUNT FOR TWO THIRDS OF LATEST RISE A new boom in the number of people depending on a zero-hours contract for their main job has hit young workers hardest, according to new research. This includes many graduates doing “stop-gap” jobs –...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 20, 2015 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, leisure and hospitality, professional development
LEON FOUNDER MUCKS IN WITH THE “CRAP JOBS” AT HIS OWN RESTAURANTS More bosses should do the “crap jobs” at the organisations they run to show staff they’re prepared to muck in, says the CEO and co-founder of healthy fast food chain Leon...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 2, 2014 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, leisure and hospitality, Wages
BOSS SAYS HE TRUSTS EMPLOYEES NOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE Staff at trains-to-telecoms group Virgin have been told they are allowed to take unlimited holidays from work, as long as they keep up to date with their projects and their absence doesn’t harm the business....
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 23, 2014 | Arts and culture, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, leisure and hospitality, Media and journalism, Money, Unpaid internships, Wages
“CHEERFUL, CAN-DO ATTITUDE” ESSENTIAL — BUT NO WAGE OFFERED * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE * Has the BBC fluffed its renewed commitment to diversity already? BBC Scotland has been warned to stay within the law over multiple full-time, unpaid...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 6, 2014 | Applications, average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, leisure and hospitality, Politicians, Recession and economy, Retail, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
YOUNG JOBSEEKERS WHO REFUSE COULD LOSE BENEFITS FOR THREE MONTHS OR MORE Young jobseekers – including graduates – face losing their benefits if they refuse to take zero-hours contract roles, under new plans being drawn up by the government. Those who turn...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 30, 2014 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, leisure and hospitality, Recession and economy, Retail, Wages, zero hours contracts
BUT CAMPAIGNERS INSIST THEY EXPLOIT VULNERABLE, LOW-PAID STAFF * UPDATE: 25 JUNE 2014 * Business secretary Vince Cable has today moved to ban ‘exclusivity’ clauses in zero-hours contracts, which have tied desperate workers to one employer, even when that...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 26, 2014 | Charities and volunteering, Employers and recruitment, fashion, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, leisure and hospitality, Media and journalism, Politicians, Recession and economy, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
FOR THE FULL STORY ON EACH, JUST CLICK THE PICS BELOW New to Graduate Fog? Since 2010, we’ve been naming and shaming the big brands and famous people who have been caught employing or trying to recruit unpaid interns. These are some of our proudest...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 12, 2014 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Housing, job hunting, leisure and hospitality, professional development, Recession and economy, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
SKILLS MISMATCH MEANS 30% OF WORKERS ARE OVER-EDUCATED FOR THEIR ROLE Nearly a third of the UK’s workforce is over-qualified for the position they are currently in, thanks to a massive miscalculation on the part of policy-makers and economists in the last few...
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