by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 15, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships, Wages
HIGH STREET RECRUITER FAILS TO APOLOGISE FOR SEEKING FORTY SIX INTERNS, PAYING WELL BELOW MINIMUM WAGE Since this website began, we have seen some shockingly brazen behaviour by big name brands, when it comes to their treatment and payment of their interns. But this...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 9, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
LABOUR MP BACKS YOUR RIGHT TO BE PAID FOR YOUR WORK The Labour MP Hazel Blears has declared that unpaid internships are “bad for democracy.” After yesterday’s “Imagine a world without interns” rally outside Parliament, interns and...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 6, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships
…AND ADMITS TO USING 6,000 UNPAID INTERNS IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS The BBC is feeling the heat today after the Telegraph reported that the corporation has employed 6,000 unpaid interns in the last four years – but still insisted that these workers had...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 1, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships
PLACEMENTS IN SYDNEY, BEIJING AND SHANGHAI COST UP TO £4,000 Growing numbers of recent graduates are paying thousands of pounds to companies that specialise in securing unpaid work placements overseas. The graduates pay up to £4,000 – often not including flights...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 23, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships
EMPLOYER INSISTS INTERNS WERE “VOLUNTEERS” AND “TREATED TO FREE LUNCHES” The publishing company forced by the courts to pay a former unpaid intern over £2,000 in pay and damages has failed to apologise for using her for free labour. Instead, a...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 18, 2011 | Careers advice, Politicians, Uncategorized, Universities, Unpaid internships
EARNINGS TOTAL £500,000 FOR FLOGGING PLACEMENTS AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT Earlier this month, Graduate Fog accused universities of sending mixed messages about unpaid internships – saying officially that they are against them, whilst simultaneously promoting...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 17, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities, Unpaid internships
WHEN WILL EMPLOYERS STOP BASHING YOUNG WORKERS – AND START INVESTING IN TRAINING AGAIN? The Confederation of British Industry has declared that applicants for graduate jobs are failing to meet business’ high expectations. Susan Anderson, CBI director for...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 16, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships
LANDMARK VICTORY SEES JOURNALISM INTERN AWARDED OVER £2,000 IN PAY AND DAMAGES A journalism intern has scored a victory for interns everywhere by successfully suing her publishing company employer for whom she interned unpaid for several weeks. Keri Hudson, 21, proved...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 10, 2011 | Careers advice, Universities, Unpaid internships
WHY AREN’T UNIVERSITIES INFORMING STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS? Did your university tell you that unpaid internships are illegal? Did Prospects – supposedly the “official” graduate careers advice – provide you with any helpful advice on...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 28, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships
ONE IN FIVE COMPANIES ADMITS USING YOU FOR CHEAP LABOUR New figures published today show that a fifth of UK businesses admit to knowingly exploiting their interns, who they see as an opportunity to gain free labour. The stats – from a new YouGov report carried...
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