by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 6, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Parents and family, Retail, Wages
ONE IN FIVE YOUNG PEOPLE WANTS MORE HOURS THAN THEY CAN GET Young people — including graduates — are among those worst hit by the new wave of ‘underemployment’ sweeping the UK, new figures have shown. This means that while they have managed to...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 20, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Retail, Wages
RAW DEAL FOR GRADUATES DOING SHOP WORK AND WAITING TABLES Thousands of graduates are complaining they are being ripped off by so-called ‘zero-hours’ contracts, where employers expect them to be available for shifts – but have no obligation to give...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 28, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, fashion, Graduate Fog, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
ARCADIA MAKES SECRET PAY-OUTS TO FORMER EMPLOYEES, ADMITTING “REMUNERATION WAS APPROPRIATE” *GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE!* Arcadia – the parent company of Topshop, Miss Selfridge and Dorothy Perkins – has made numerous payments to former interns...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 23, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Retail, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
JOIN ‘JUSTICE FOR INTERNS’, OUR NEW CAMPAIGN Have you interned for a well-known brand, celebrity or a high-profile MP? Then we want to hear from you! Graduate Fog and Intern Aware today launch Justice for Interns. This historic campaign will see the big...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 22, 2012 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, fashion, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Retail, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
SHOP JOB AT LUXURY FASHION LABEL IS A “LEARNING OPPORTUNITY” FOR OUR STUDENTS, INSISTS UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS The university currently advertising a controversial unpaid “intern sales assistant” position at luxury fashion label Balenciaga...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 17, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, fashion, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Retail, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
“LEARN HOW TO REPLENISH STOCK” FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES ONLY The super-luxe fashion label Balanciaga – a favourite of Victoria Beckham and Kate Moss – has advertised for a “intern sales assistant” to work on the shop floor of their...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 17, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
YOU’RE NOT ALONE – 1.4 MILLION SUFFER IN “PART-TIME, LOW-PAY BRITAIN” Concerns have been raised that yesterday’s apparent good news about UK unemployment is in fact masking a crisis that has seen over a million people forced to take...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 20, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
EMPLOYMENT MINISTER CLAIMS SCHEME’S CRITICS ‘JUST DON’T GET IT’ Chris Grayling, the employment minister who came under fire earlier this year for the Workfare scheme which saw thousands of young jobseekers forced to work in supermarkets for no...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 11, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Housing, Politicians, Retail, Wages
STRUGGLING UNDER-25s MUST LIVE WITH MUM AND DAD, SAYS NEW GOVERNMENT PROPOSAL Graduates who are unemployed – or earning wages so low they are unable to afford private sector rents – are to be stripped of their housing benefit, if new proposals are...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 19, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
CAIT REILLY CASE TO BE HEARD AT ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE IN MAY The case of the graduate intern who says she was ‘forced’ to work at discount store Poundland for three weeks or face losing her benefits will be heard at the Royal Courts of Justice in May....
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