Yikes! Unpaid interns aren’t protected against sexual harassment?

Yikes! Unpaid interns aren’t protected against sexual harassment?

MEDIA INTERN DROPS CLAIM WHEN TOLD SHE ISN’T AN “EMPLOYEE” An unpaid intern has been told she cannot bring a sexual harassment claim against her former supervisor, as she is not considered an employee. Although the case happened in the United States,...
Graduate Fog axed from BBC Breakfast as producers lose their nerve on internships

Graduate Fog axed from BBC Breakfast as producers lose their nerve on internships

LAWYERS AND RESEARCHERS BAN US FROM PRESENTING THE BASIC FACTS  Graduate Fog’s founder Tanya de Grunwald was dropped hours before a planned TV appearance on Friday’s BBC Breakfast – after she refused producers’ requests to tell viewers that...
Now that’s more like it! Meet the interns who get treated like royalty

Now that’s more like it! Meet the interns who get treated like royalty

GOOGLE INTERNSHIP PAYS £4,000 A MONTH – PLUS FREE HOUSING, FOOD AND GYM MEMBERSHIP UK interns may want to look away now. In America, Google are paying their interns up to £4,000 a month – four times what many UK interns earn. And Microsoft pay some of...
Arts Council warns: Don’t use our site to recruit unpaid interns

Arts Council warns: Don’t use our site to recruit unpaid interns

IF EMPLOYERS KEEP RIPPING OFF YOUNG TALENT “THE ARTS WILL SUFFER” The Arts Council England has posted a fierce warning to employers attempting to use their jobs website to recruit unpaid interns. The organisation has also reminded them: “If we...
BBC3 seeks job-hunting grads for new documentary

BBC3 seeks job-hunting grads for new documentary

BRIGHT AND ARTICULATE? WANT TO SHARE YOUR STORY? The BBC is looking for job-seeking graduates to take part in a new documentary about the graduate jobs crisis. The producers have assured Graduate Fog that the programme – which will air on BBC3 – will not...