Exit fees Ep 22: We did it! FDM finally tells graduates ‘You’re free!’
FIRM PROVIDES ‘CLARITY’– BUT NO APOLOGY Up to 2,000 graduates have been told they are free to leave their job at FDM Group thanks to Graduate Fog’s campaign
Free at last! Capita emails Novus scheme graduates to say exit fees have been scrapped
* GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE * ASTONISHING EMAIL TO GRADS THANKS THEM FOR “DEDICATION AND HARD WORK” Capita have emailed their graduates announcing they have scrapped their policy of charging huge exit fees…
Should you have to pay £21,000 to quit your graduate scheme? Big firms face court as angry young workers say NO
OUTSOURCING GIANT CAPITA BLASTED FOR CONTRACTS THAT LOCK GRADUATES IN TO JOBS THEY HATE Sometimes, a new job just doesn’t work out. But a growing number of graduates are finding themselves locked in…
Chuka Umunna slammed over unpaid internship (but it’s for students so it’s legal… Hmm)
TOP LABOUR MP UNDER FIRE OVER YEAR-LONG PLACEMENT WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A JOB THAT SHOULD BE PAID Top Labour MP Chuka Umunna has been slammed for…
Poundland steps down as a ‘host’ employer on government’s Work Experience programme, following complaints about bad placements
DISCOUNT STORE ADMITS INVOLVEMENT CEASED IN APRIL – DID THEY JUMP OR WERE THEY PUSHED? Poundland is no longer acting as a ‘host’ employer on…
Looking for a paid charity internship? Cancer Research UK wants YOU
HOW TO GRAB YOUR PLACE ON THEIR SCHEME – BY THE PERSON WHO’LL READ YOUR APPLICATION Paid charity internships are thin on the ground – one reason why Cancer Research UK
The Devil Pays Nada: The EIGHTEEN-PAGE handbook given to Monocle magazine interns
WHAT TO DO, WEAR AND SAY WHEN WORKING FOR BELOW MINIMUM WAGE AT LUXURY LIFESTYLE BIBLE’S LONDON HQ *EXCLUSIVE* It is the document they don’t want you to see…
WOW! Cancer Research UK scraps its unpaid internships programme
FIRST BIG UK CHARITY MAKES HISTORIC MOVE TO PAID ROLES ONLY Cancer Research UK today announced that from June 2018 all its internships will be paid…
Fair firms unite! We launch the Good + Fair Employers Club
WHO’S GREAT TO WORK FOR? LOOK FOR THE MEMBER BADGE Employers who want to help make the world of work fairer and more open to young people…
We’re in! Department for Education FINALLY agrees to discuss internships with us
OUR 18 MONTHS OF PESTERING FINALLY PAYS OFF The Department for Education has finally agreed to meet fair internships campaigners to hear our ideas to fix…
Should arts degrees be cheaper than science degrees?
OR WOULD THIS PUSH POORER STUDENTS TOWARDS LOWER PAID CAREERS? Arts degrees should be cheaper than science degrees, as they are less likely to lead to the highest paid jobs…