by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 3, 2019 | Employers and recruitment, Employment rights, exit fees, Graduate schemes, Money, Wages
ARE THESE CONTRACTS LEGAL – AND WHAT ARE THE RISKS IF YOU DON’T PAY UP? GRADUATE FOG ANSWERS ALL YOUR QUESTIONS Disclaimer: The advice in this post is not written by a qualified lawyer. It aims to cover the most common questions we are being asked about...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 30, 2018 | Dismissal, Employers and recruitment, Employment rights, Graduate unemployment, Money, zero hours contracts
“YOU’RE ONE FALL FROM THE DOLE” HE WARNS OTHER GIG ECONOMY WORKERS * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE * Funds are being raised to help a graduate who lost his job with the AA after he fell and broke his leg on his way to work. As an agency worker, Alex Wright...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 22, 2018 | Business, Employment rights, Graduate schemes, Money, resigning and references
ASTONISHING EMAIL TO GRADS THANKS THEM FOR “DEDICATION AND HARD WORK” BUT INCLUDES NO APOLOGY FOR DISTRESS CAUSED * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE * * OOH! STORY PICKED UP BY THE FINANCIAL TIMES! * Capita have emailed their graduates announcing they have scrapped...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 8, 2017 | Crime, Graduate Jobs, Money
HOW TO SPOT SCAM JOBS WHICH COULD PUT YOU IN PRISON FOR 14 YEARS Cash-strapped graduates are being targeted by criminal gangs who want to use them as ‘money mules’, to launder the proceeds of crime. Experts warn that thousands of young people are being...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 1, 2017 | Applications, CVs and interviews, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, job hunting, London, Money
BANK LENDS ITS FLATS TO GRADUATES AS SHOCKING NEW STATS REVEAL TRUE COST OF JOB HUNTING Graduates hoping to attend a job interview in London, Manchester or Birmingham in November have been offered free city centre accommodation, thanks to Barclays. A spokesperson for...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 2, 2017 | graduate debt, Money, student loan, Tuition fees, Universities
BUT DO THE CHANGES GO FAR ENOUGH TO HELP CASH-STRAPPED YOUNG WORKERS? Recent university graduates have been given some much-need breathing space after it was announced they will not have to start repaying their tuition fees until their annual salary reaches £25,000....
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 | Jul 6, 2017 | Benefits and welfare, Employment rights, Graduate unemployment, Money, Politicians, Retail, workfare
JOB CENTRE TOLD HIM AND NINE OTHERS TO COMPLETE SIX WEEK PLACEMENT IN BOLTON SHOP * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE * Poundland has denied using unpaid workers to stack shelves in its stores, directly contradicting a source who has told Graduate Fog that he and nine others are...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 6, 2017 | average graduate salary, Banking, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Money, Recession and economy, Tuition fees, Unpaid internships, Wages
GOT A FANCY GRADUATE JOB — OR INTERNING UNPAID? WHATEVER YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES, WE SHOW GRADUATES WHERE TO PARK YOUR PENNIES If you’re job-hunting, interning or you’ve just started your first graduate job, does it really matter where you park your...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 12, 2017 | job hunting, Media and journalism, Money, Unpaid internships
JK ROWLING RETWEETS BIZARRE STORY INVOLVING NAKED HOMELESS MAN A former intern has shocked Twitter by sharing an unusual tale of a night he spent in a London youth hostel while doing unpaid journalism work experience at the Guardian. Interpretations of the story have...
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