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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...

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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
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