furlough Archives - Graduate Fog

Are unpaid ‘furlunteer’ roles replacing paid internships?

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...

Take your free e-book!

Are you a nice employer? Join today!

Latest Comments

bunia4u.Com on Should you sign up to a recruitment agency?
유흥알바 on ‘Exit fees’ firm under fire over graduate conference appearance
StevenPes on ‘Do not report unpaid internships to this autoresponder’
Jasmine Balcombe on Law graduates skint and jobless as training contracts dry up
Bryan on Exit fees campaign / Ep8: ‘I’m at HSBC’ says graduate behind exit fees petition
Anonymous on Trapped by ‘exit fees’ at FDM: A graduate’s story
Guto Owen on Exit fees campaign / Ep8: ‘I’m at HSBC’ says graduate behind exit fees petition

Follow us on Twitter!

Tweets by @GraduateFog

Praise from activist Gina Miller

Dear @GraduateFog - This a very important campaign. Many young people, especially with special needs are engaging in Work Experience or Workability Programmes that are poorly thought out and have poor safeguarding. Well done and keep speaking up. https://t.co/Eu3s9uNcZr
— Gina Miller (@thatginamiller) May 25, 2018