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Duration: 6 months The European Youth Forum (YFJ) is recruiting an intern for 6 months, starting in early July 2012, in the Communications Team within the Secretary-General’s Office of the organisation. The internship is based at the European Youth Forum secretariat in Brussels. The successful candidate will work in close coordination with the Communications Team and the Policy Development and Advocacy Department. The European Youth Forum believes in quality on-the-job learning opportunities and this internship is in line with the European Charter for Quality Internships and Apprenticeships (www.qualityinternships.eu).
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Miss Selfridge interns finally get paid – a year late | Business
Arcadia has sent retrospective payments worth hundreds of pounds to dozens of its former unpaid interns The multibillion-pound clothing retail group Arcadia, which runs some of the UK high street's biggest names, including Topshop, Miss Selfridge and Dorothy Perkins, has sent retrospective payments worth hundreds of pounds to dozens of its former unpaid interns, the Guardian has learned. Interns who worked at Arcadia's head office in London said they have received cheques for their labour up to a year after their placement with the company's PR department ended. Arcadia had been using dozens of unpaid interns to ship clothing back and forth to media contacts from a "windowless" stockroom, former interns told the Guardian. Arcadia's move comes as HM Revenue and Customs has been putting pressure on the fashion industry to enforce the minimum wage and rid the sector of a culture of unpaid labour.
Tackling Europe’s Youth Unemployment Scandal
Since the start of the Great Recession of 2007, youth unemployment has been on the rise across the globe, a new report by the International Labor Office (ILO) has found out , and austerity policies are making the situation worse. The FT reports : Dr Ekkehard Ernst, head of the ILO’s Employment Trends Unit, said countries with the most acute problems such as Spain and Greece must try to stimulate their economies rather than reduce government spending. “What is quite obvious with youth unemployment rates of over 50 per cent in these countries is the first thing that needs to be done is get jobs back … and that can only be done if you stimulate the economy, for instance through infrastructure programmes, which are very job rich,” he said.YO! Fest 2012 // INTERN ACTION DAY! // 16 MAY
The 3rd YO! Fest focuses on the topic of internships. We will gather on 16th May on the Esplanade of the European Parliament in Brussels to promote the European Charter on Internships and Apprenticeships: an Intern Action Day!
Formal education curriculums across Europe have for some time now chanted to the same mantra: maths, sciences and humanities should be at the core of all education practice. Whilst such areas of study provide the student with a good basis of understanding for most in life, this approach however, does leave great gaps in skills needed later in life to enter job markets across Europe. With this, educational systems throughout Europe continue to struggle to bridge the transitional gap between education and employment. It’s clear that formal educational systems alone cannot respond to such challenges of modern society.
Education: Can closing the skills gap pave the way to greater equality?
He said the Government had created "the worst unemployment for 16 years, a million young people out of work and the first double-dip recession for 37 years". But he said Labour backed the Government's plans for a Green Investment Bank, reforming libel laws and to help mothers and fathers share parental leave - but claimed the credit for such policies. He said they "sound remarkably like Labour ideas - because they are Labour ideas".
Ed Miliband leads Queen's Speech criticism - UK Politics - UK
Nick Clegg's promise that interns are 'properly remunerated' cited by critics as party HQ advertises new unpaid positions The Liberal Democrat party has admitted that it will not pay its interns a wage, more than a year after leader Nick Clegg promised that all party interns would be "properly remunerated" . The admission from party staff comes after Lib Dem headquarters in Westminster advertised for a further slew of unpaid interns. Each position is expected to last three months at a time and slots have been advertised until May 2013. A spokesperson for the party said that selection for places would be name and school blind but argued that they were "properly remunerated" as Clegg had promised, because expenses and lunch were being paid. Plans to provide bursaries for poorer candidates will not be available in 2012 due to lack of party funds.
Liberal Democrats admit interns will not receive salary | Politics | guardian.co.uk
National Youth Council of Latvia | Youth Employment Action
The mission of the LJP is to improve the living conditions of young people and to represent the interests of youth organisations at national and international level. Our workplan on promoting youth employment is based on our lobby work. Although until today we haven't reached any specific goals in this area, we started our work in this area by participation on several initiatives:
As part of the EU budget for 2014-2020, a new programme for Education and Training and Youth is to be adopted. The current programmes which include the Lifelong Learning Programme and Youth in Action will expire by the end of 2013. They support i.a. individual learning mobility and transnational youth cooperation for the benefit of students, educational institutions and voluntary youth organisations.
Youth Policies in the EU | eu2012.dk
David Miliband on Britain's unemployment crisis - Mirror Online
I left school in the early 1980s. In many ways it was a very tough time for the country. Mrs Thatcher’s economic medicine did more harm than good in constituencies like mine in the North East. University entrance was restricted to just over one in 10 of young people. That is why I jumped at the chance to chair a Commission on Youth Unemployment on behalf of thousands of charities around the country, and hundreds of thousands of young people who want a chance to work. Opposition doesn’t have many silver linings, but one is the chance to think deeply about the big problems facing the country.BRUSSELS - The number of unemployed people in Europe is reaching record highs as the economic crisis unfolds into one with significant social consequences. In eight member states alone, over 30 percent of young people under 25 are out of jobs. The worst affected continues to be Spain where half its young are jobless. Images of long queues outside unemployment offices paint a bleak picture in the Spanish state where almost a quarter of all its citizens are unemployed. Only Austria, Luxembourg and the Netherlands can boast an overall unemployment rate under 5 percent.
Headline News / EU unemployment hits record high
“One of the potential reasons for this detachment is the fact that young people must wait until they are 18 before they can cast a vote in any election or referendum. “As elected representatives, we make decisions every day that impact heavily on young people and many of these decisions will have a long term effect on their future, yet they have no say in who represents them in fora such as the Assembly or local Councils. “As the youngest MLA, I am keen to ensure that young people are given a greater say in our decision making process. “At the minute, there is a huge debate going on regarding tuition fees; yet many of the people that this decision will impact most on over the term of this Assembly have been denied the opportunity to take part in a democratic process to elect decision makers. “I am in favour of lowering the voting age to 16 so that young people can have a direct influence on who is elected to make these decisions.
Sinn Féin table motion on reducing minimum voting age | Sinn Féin
Ministers told minimum wage should be paid as placements favour children of rich parents who can afford work without pay Scores of MPs, from millionaire Tory cabinet members to Labour backbenchers, may have broken minimum wage law by taking on unpaid interns, according to legal advice to ministers. A combination of changes to parliamentary expenses rules and record graduate unemployment is thought to have increased placements offered in Westminster, leading to a fear of a new political class emerging, drawn from those whose parents are rich enough to support months of unpaid work that nevertheless offers networking opportunities. Hundreds of ads on the Commons site, Work for MP (W4MP) show that, since the election, there have been 260 unpaid internships, some not even providing expenses, the longest lasting 10 months. Thirteen Tory members of the government offered 28 placements lasting up to six months, out of 138 for Conservative MPs.
MPs may be breaking law in offering work to unpaid interns | Politics | The Guardian
Interns work – and should be paid, lawyers warn ministers | Money | The Guardian
Government legal advice suggests employers are breaking law by not following national minimum wage rules Job scheme internships: tell us your stories Thousands of unpaid interns could be entitled to compensation after government legal advice emerged suggesting employers are breaking the law by not following national minimum wage rules. The warning from Whitehall lawyers, seen by the Guardian, comes as growing numbers of companies turn to interns to carry out work that lasts far longer than traditional work experience placements, yet refuse to pay them.Website