by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 24, 2011 | Charities and volunteering, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
WAIT – DIDN’T HE LIKE INVENT THE NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE LAW? Tony Blair – whose own government introduced the National Minimum Wage in 1998 – is at the centre of a new row about the use of unpaid interns within charities and non-profit...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 22, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
CHANGE TO THE LAW WILL CREATE JOBS, CLAIMS CONSERVATIVE MP A Conservative MP has suggested that workers should be allowed to ‘opt out’ of their right to be paid the National Minimum Wage, claiming that it would help to reduce unemployment as businesses...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 21, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships, Wages
BRAND OFFERS THEIR WORK EXPERIENCE ‘BOY’ AS A COMPETITION PRIZE In recent weeks, Graduate Fog has noted an unsettling trend for thoughtless brands treating youth unemployment — including graduate unemployment — as a bit of a giggle. (The BBC...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 16, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
ONE IN TEN BUSINESSES PLANS TO CULL YOUNG WORKERS Worrying news reaches Graduate Fog that businesses are planning to reduce their numbers of junior employees – suggesting that young people could be the first in the firing line in a new round of redundancies. And...
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 | May 26, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Wages
FAT CATS NOW EARN 145 TIMES MORE THEN THEIR EMPLOYEES Fears are growing that the UK could turn into a two-tier society: the rich – and the rest of us. New figures show that the pay gap between workers and bosses is widening at an alarming rate – fat cats...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 26, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Food, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
CONFUSED EMAIL INSISTS ILLEGAL ROLE WAS OFFERED “WITH THE BEST INTENTION” Morrisons has finally responded to my query about their ad for an intern to work on their magazine for ‘approx 4 weeks’, being paid travel expenses only. Unfortunately,...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 23, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
‘EXCITING OPPORTUNITY’ TO WORK UNTIL MAY 2011 – FOR NO PAY! Graduate Fog has caught high street fashion retailer Urban Outfitters recruiting for a NINE MONTH internship in the planning and allocation department at their London head office, paying...
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