by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 6, 2021 | Media and journalism, Money, Unpaid internships, Wages
WANT TO TIDY A STRANGER’S HOME OFFICE FOR FREE? NOPE, NEITHER DO WE A BBC Radio 5 Live journalist and broadcaster has shocked graduates by posting an advert for a ‘volunteer’ ‘assistant journalist’ on LinkedIn. The lengthy job description...
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 | Mar 22, 2021 | Employment rights, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Money, Uncategorized, Wages
BUT WHY ARE 21- AND 22-YEAR-OLDS STILL MAKING LESS? From 1 April 2021, employees aged 23 and 24 will jump from earning £7.70 an hour to £8.91 an hour – as the highest age bracket for workers earning the National Minimum Wage is lowered from aged 25 and above to...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 10, 2020 | Benefits and welfare, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Kickstarter Scheme, Wages
AND HOW WILL IT LOOK ON YOUR CV? WE ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS The Chancellor Rishi Sunak is a man with a plan — to “protect, support and create jobs” in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. But it won’t be easy. The lockdown has already hit the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 6, 2020 | Benefits and welfare, traineeships, Wages
EMPLOYERS GET PAID, BUT YOUNG PEOPLE DON’T? THIS SMELLS FISHY TO US The government has just announced a £111m investment in traineeships aimed at 18- to 24-year-olds keen to take their first step into the job market. Businesses in England will receive a £1,000...
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 | Apr 24, 2020 | Charities and volunteering, Covid-19 Coronavirus, Employment rights, Unpaid internships, Wages
HAS YOUR SUMMER INTERNSHIP JUST BEEN TAKEN BY SOMEONE WHO ALREADY HAS A JOB? At Graduate Fog, we’ve seen a lot in the 10 years we’ve been blogging about the UK’s youth jobs market. But this latest twist – ‘furlunteering’ – has...
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 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 | Oct 6, 2018 | Media and journalism, Politicians, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
BEN BRADLEY MP WANTS ‘SLICK AND ENGAGING’ VIDEO – BUT REFUSES TO PAY FOR IT * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE * * UPDATE (7.30PM, 9 OCTOBER 2018): BEN BRADLEY APPEARS TO HAVE DELETED HIS TWITTER ACCOUNT SOME TIME ON MONDAY AFTERNOON – ALTHOUGH IT IS...
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