Exit fees campaign / Ep2: Calling the clients
WE ASK THE BRANDS THAT USE EXIT FEES FIRMS TO DROP THEM BY CHRISTMAS The customer holds the power, as well as the purse strings. If we really want to…
Wow! Virgin gives its staff unlimited holiday
BOSS SAYS HE TRUSTS EMPLOYEES NOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE Staff at trains-to-telecoms group Virgin have been told they are allowed to take unlimited holidays…
Website that attacked Lena Dunham has no right to preach on unpaid work
GAWKER FORGETS TO MENTION OWN LAWSUIT FROM FORMER INTERNS Writer and actress Lena Dunham’s has said that all performers on her new book tour will be paid, following an online backlash against…
Half of 20-24s still live with their parents. Do you?
“CLIPPED-WING GENERATION” CAN’T AFFORD TO MOVE OUT Almost half of Great Britain’s 20- to 24-year-olds are still living with their mum and dad…
Top actor slams ‘intern culture’ pricing young people out of the arts
“TOO MANY ARE NOT BEING PAID”, SAYS DAVID MORRISSEY Struggling to break into the creative industries because you can’t afford to work for free? One of Britain’s most respected actors is championing…
Interns! What is the rudest thing an employer has ever said to you?
IS ‘CASA MORADA’ BOSS TYPICAL OF THOSE WHO EMPLOY INTERNS? Do some bosses feel it’s their human right to hire unpaid staff? Like many people, we were shocked…
David Letterman intern files law suit against American talk show star
CLAIMS SHE AND OTHERS WORKED 40 HOURS A WEEK FOR NO PAY One of American TV’s biggest talk show hosts is being sued by a former intern – and 99 others, who she also…
Christian Dior ‘reception internship’ should pay £22-28k – not minimum wage, expert say
FASHION BRAND OFFERS HALF THE GOING RATE FOR POSITION DESCRIBED A minimum wage ‘reception internship’ advertised by a luxury fashion brand should have paid £22-28,000…
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Hey, Christian Dior — what’s a ‘reception internship’?
LUXURY BRAND BLAMES ‘BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS’ FOR LOW-PAID ROLE AT KNIGHTSBRIDGE HQ One of the world’s most exclusive and expensive luxury fashion brands has advertised…
Reed pays £2,500 to former intern
BUT RECRUITMENT FIRM DUCKS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER IT WAS A ONE-OFF Reed has refused to confirm that it made a £2,500 payment to a former intern earlier this year, and has ignored questions…
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