Exit fees campaign / Ep4: Big Issue and Good Law Project founders back us up

by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 11, 2021 | exit fees, Graduate schemes, Mental health, Money, social mobility, Uncategorized

HEAVYWEIGHT CAMPAIGNERS AGREE: GRADUATES SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY TO LEAVE THEIR JOB Two of the UK’s best-known social justice campaigners have said that they support our campaign to Stop Exit Fees By Xmas, expressing anger and alarm that companies such as FDM...

BBC’s unpaid Wimbledon work experience may be illegal, says top lawyer

by Tanya de Grunwald | May 1, 2019 | Sport, Unpaid internships

PETITION LAUNCHED AGAINST ‘VOLUNTEER’ RUNNER JOB * ADD YOUR NAME HERE!* * UPDATE, 13 MAY: STORY PICKED UP IN THE SUN! * One of the UK’s best known barristers has said that BBC Sport’s unpaid Wimbledon work experience placement may break UK...

EXCLUSIVE: Graduates must pay up to £10,000 to quit ‘harrowing’ government social care scheme

by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 25, 2019 | Employers and recruitment, exit fees, Graduate schemes, Health and welfare, Mental health

GOVERNMENT’S FLAGSHIP SOCIAL CARE PROGRAMME LOCKS YOUNG PEOPLE INTO DISTRESSING WORK INVOLVING ABUSE, NEGLECT AND DRUG USE, MAKING THEM PAY UP TO £10,000 TO LEAVE * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE * UPDATE: Frontline aren’t happy about this story. Read their latest...

Should you have to pay £21,000 to quit your graduate scheme? Big firms face court as angry young workers say NO

by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 1, 2018 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate schemes, Law, resigning and references

OUTSOURCING GIANT CAPITA BLASTED FOR CONTRACTS THAT LOCK GRADUATES IN TO JOBS THEY HATE * LOOK! WE’VE BEEN QUOTED IN THE GUARDIAN * Sometimes, a new job just doesn’t work out. But a growing number of graduates are finding themselves locked in to roles with...