by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 23, 2021 | diversity, Employment rights, exit fees, Graduate schemes, resigning and references, social mobility, Uncategorized
FDM GROUP IS CHARGING GRADUATES UP TO £15,000 IF THEY QUIT THEIR SCHEME IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS – PAYABLE WITHIN 30 DAYS. IF THE LAW CAN’T STOP THEM, INDUSTRY MUST, SAYS TANYA DE GRUNWALD Questions have been raised about a planned appearance at next...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 16, 2021 | Employers and recruitment, Employment rights, exit fees, resigning and references, Wages
ARE EMPLOYERS PAYING OFF GRADUATES, IN ORDER TO AVOID COURT? A TOP LAWYER EXPLAINS Are you one of the many young, UK employees trapped on your graduate scheme because your employer says you’ll owe them thousands of pounds if you leave (payable in 30 days!)...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 11, 2020 | Employment rights, exit fees, Graduate schemes, Money, resigning and references, Wages
I.T. CONSULTANCY TEN10 CLAIMS HE OWES NEARLY £7,000 FOR HIS TRAINING *GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE* A graduate whose former employer claims he owes them nearly £7,000 for his training while employed by them is challenging the practice of charging so-called ‘exit...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 29, 2019 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog Employers Club, Graduate Jobs, professional development, resigning and references, social mobility, Wages
TOP EMPLOYERS MEET TO DISCUSS HOW TO HANG ON TO THEIR YOUNG STAFF (YES, THAT’S YOU) Some of the UK’s top employers have met to discuss the problem of retention – in other words, why it’s proving so hard to hang on to their young staff in...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 27, 2019 | exit fees, Graduate schemes, Health and welfare, resigning and references
THIS WEBSITE DEMANDS IMMEDIATE END TO POLICY WHICH STATES SOCIAL CARE GRADUATE PROGRAMME CAN DEMAND UP TO £10,000 FROM PARTICIPANTS WHO QUIT EARLY, AFTER DISTRESSED YOUNG SOCIAL WORKERS TELL OF PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF BEING “TRAPPED” ON A...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 26, 2019 | Employers and recruitment, exit fees, Graduate schemes, Health and welfare, resigning and references
SENIOR STAFF SHOW NO CONCERN FOR DISTURBING STORIES OF THOSE TRAPPED ON THEIR PROGRAMME The row with Frontline – the government’s graduate scheme for the social care sector – has escalated after the organisation blasted this website for...
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 | Jun 1, 2018 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate schemes, Law, resigning and references
OUTSOURCING GIANT CAPITA BLASTED FOR CONTRACTS THAT LOCK GRADUATES IN TO JOBS THEY HATE * LOOK! WE’VE BEEN QUOTED IN THE GUARDIAN * Sometimes, a new job just doesn’t work out. But a growing number of graduates are finding themselves locked in to roles with...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 1, 2015 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Employment rights, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Law, professional development, Recession and economy, resigning and references
HAS CHANGE TO LAW GIVEN EMPLOYERS TOO MUCH POWER? Recent graduates are among the first casualties of a change in law that has made it too easy for bosses to sack their workers without good reason, effectively making them “disposable” and “vulnerable...
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