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Employment & Jobseeking USEFUL LINKS
The following links may prove useful in looking for information about Employment and Jobseeking. [MSE INSERT, 15/02/22: Some of these links are now out of date. You can find an updated list on this page of the thread] MSE Fully Researched Guides Low Income Grant Grabbing House and Energy Grant Grabbing Great Grants Hunt…
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Work stress and behaviour from new supervisor.
Work Related wonder if anyone could tell me what may happen next from their own experiences. Over the past few months I've felt pressured and belittled from our new supervisor I haven't been happy for a couple of months I was going to confront him one to one about this. But never could... Then during a tool box he said to…
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Employment Tribunal or small claims?
Short version: After advice, for my daughter, about whether to go to Employment Tribunal (ET) or Small Claims Court? This is for unpaid unused accrued holiday pay (UAHP) of £230.03 plus previous employer also now wants 2/3 of previously paid UAHP back as he states daughter was ‘Bank Staff’ for 3.66 months so no contract,…
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Suspension from work but I'm innocent.
Hello to everyone, hope all good and fine; I really hope someone can help me out with some consultants and info regarding my case. I work in hospitality, I'm a waiter in a restaurant. Last Friday before my shift started, I was called by my Head of Department, asking me to follow him. On the way to the HR, he asked me if I…
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Going from monthly to weekly pay
Hi All. New to all of this. I have been offered a new job which annually is more than what I am on now. The only thing that is slightly off putting for me is that its going to change from monthly pay to weekly pay. I have used the Gov website to work out my net pay weekly on the new salary but when I'am calculating that…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should I return to work early from sick leave, given I'd be paid less?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks… I've been given a fit note signing me off work for four weeks, during which time I'll be on full pay, not statutory sick pay. From past experience of this medical issue, I know I'll be able to work part time after two weeks - but if I do, I'll only get paid for the hours I…
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When to retire
I work term-time, so we break up in July. I have been told to set my retirement date as 1st Sept before schools reopen, in order to gain more holiday pay. Would it work?
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B&M Retail
Does anyone here work for B&M Retail? My daughter has been a supervisor now for approximately 3 months. She found out today that her rate of pay has been revised and is now £12.89 per hour which is only 18 pence higher than the minimum wage of £12.71 The supervisor rate used to be 30 pence above the minimum wage but now it…
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Should i accept a salary reduction for a car allowance
the company i work for was acquired by another company in January this year. Contracts were subject to TUPE measures. I have been offered a different role in the company that acquired us and they want to move me onto their standard contract. For my grade they pay a 'car allowance' which doesn't have to be used for a car…
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Student loan refund battle
I will try and keep this as succinct as I can: December 2025 - paid off student loan as only had a couple of payments left. January 2026 - started new job. Student loan was deducted as P45 from previous job said I still had a loan. Called SFE to process refund but funds not yet received from employer/HMRC. February 2026 -…
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Work completed as a cleaner unpaid
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone would have any sound advice. I have taken a employer to a small claims court for an unpaid month of cleaning. Payments have always seemed late and always questioned. Finally, at some point I was questioned over some hours I had signed and that allegedly people had been there and they had…
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Prepared notes in an Interview
Is it ok to refer to notes in an interview?
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How to calculate take home pay on a 10 month contract
I’ve been offered a job over a 10 month contract and need to calculate my take home pay. The salary calculator I use only calculates over a tax year. There is no full time salary to calculate pro Rata pay, this is a private arrangement. How do I calculate my take home annual/monthly/weekly/hourly pay the below over 10…
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Being TUPE’d – can new employer cut pension and allowances ?
Looking for a bit of advice on TUPE as my wife is currently being transferred to a new employer. She’s received her new contract and some of the terms seem noticeably worse than what she currently has. I was under the impression TUPE protects existing terms and conditions, so just trying to understand where we stand. A few…
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Employer failing to report my wages to HMRC
Hi, The business I work for changed hands at the beginning of March, at which point we were being paid weekly with payroll being run in-house. From the outset, my new employer's intention was to transition to a monthly pay schedule with payroll across the group being run from a central hub which was already in place. Since…
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Applying for jobs at a lower grade
I am an SEO in the Civil Service. For around 2.5 years I've been in a role that has grown successively smaller, so I've been applying for new roles. I've applied for around 40 jobs and I've had 11 interviews and one 'pre-screen'. I'm so fed up with my current role that I'm considering applying for HEO roles (one step down…
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Untaxed ex-gratia payment to retire early
My wife has been asked by her employer to retire two months ahead of her planned date, and in return accept an ex-gratia payment of £2,500. There are some office politics going on which I won't go in to. The employer says this payment won't be taxed, as it's ex-gratia. They want a letter from her agreeing to the earlier…
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Pub Chef and New Owners
Hi My daughters partner worked at a local pub. He worked for previous owner for approx 8 years as a chef. Worked Tuesday to Sunday with every other week had Saturday evening off and all day Sunday off. Approx. 40 hrs per week doing split shifts. (Never had a written contract from him). The owner left at end of March this…
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Change to payment schedule
The company I work for has recently been taken over. All employees have always been paid weekly (as per our contract) and our new employer intends to implement a monthly pay schedule. He verbally informed some of us of this intention less than three weeks before what will be our final weekly pay date, others haven't been…
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Wage Date keeps being moved
Hi, the company I work for was recently sold to new owners. We received letters informing us that our pay would be moving from 4 weekly to monthly on the 5th of every month. On the 2nd of April we were informed that we would be instead be paid on the 8th of every month, it has now been moved twice more, to the ninth and…
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Final pay/notice period
Hi, I have worked for the same company for over 30 years and have been off sick for last 3 months. My company pays full pay for 6 months and then 6 months half pay. The notice period in my contract is 1 month. It’s not looking likely that I will be returning to work in the future. I’m a bit confused about the notice period…
