Cut the minimum wage for young unemployed, says BILLIONAIRE Phones 4 U boss

Cut the minimum wage for young unemployed, says BILLIONAIRE Phones 4 U boss

by | Nov 17, 2011 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages

YOU ARE NOT AN “ATTRACTIVE VALUE PROPOSITION” CLAIMS FAT CAT *GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE!* A British businessman – whose wealth is estimated at £1.5 billion – has suggested that the minimum wage should be slashed for youngsters, to make them...
Yikes – youth unemployment hits one million

Yikes – youth unemployment hits one million

by | 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...
The Great Intern Betrayal: How the Govt conspired to ignore your cries

The Great Intern Betrayal: How the Govt conspired to ignore your cries

by | 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...
Gotcha! River Island slips up as intern posts diary of “unpaid” placement

Gotcha! River Island slips up as intern posts diary of “unpaid” placement

by | 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...
Clegg “champions” unpaid interns — yet his party keeps using them

Clegg “champions” unpaid interns — yet his party keeps using them

by | 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...