-
Underpayment of wage - what to do?
Hi there, At work i get a £100 bonus every month added onto my wage. Deductions are made if I make any mistakes - I am a warehouse manager, so if goods are sent out incorrectly etc - and the agreement is that if any deductions are going to be made then I will be notified by e-mail before I am due to be paid detailing how…
-
Pro Rata yet doing full time hours?
Good morning, Could someone tell me how this works... I've secured a job with a big enterprise company and I'm very chuffed, yet I got my job offer letter through and it stated that "Your salary will be £xxxxxxx per annum, this will be pro rata for the length of your contract". It also states "Your holiday entitlement will…
-
How long have you waited to hear back from an interview?
Just wondering what's the longest time anyone has waited to hear that they have or haven't got a job? Apart from forever of course!
-
How is it easier to get a job when you already have one?
This saying has been floating around for years but I really can't find the reasoning behind it, why would an employer want to hire me and pay me X amount per week, when he can get someone unemployed to do it for peanuts/min wage? I know in the past when at interviews and it comes up about me working at the moment this is…
-
Company car or cash allowance
Help with mileage Does anyone know of a spreadsheet that will allow you to see if you would be better off taking a company car and doing 20K miles or if you would be better off taking the allowance and running your own car.y own car is 1 year old and I like it. 700 pounds per month cash allowance or BMW520d SE/ Audi A5177…
-
When to mention health condition?
Hi, I'm currently in secure and permanent employment but at a point where my job bores me and there's not much career progression so have started to look around. I've got a health condition which means that I have to attend my GP surgery every seven weeks. Appointments aren't available early morning as I've got to see the…
-
course/ work goals
okay so i am applying for an equality and diversity course and one section that has me stumped: please explain the benefits you are hoping to get from studying your course basically i am going for a promotion towards the end of the year and have been given a little nudge to do this as it will look very positive when i go…
-
redundancy through constructive dismissal
if a company decide they no longer want a specific part of their company to exist and so order their employees not to carry out contracts that have been awarded and therefore the employees have no work they can do and are faced with redundancy is this constructive dismissal? if so do the employees have to resign to go for…
-
Umbrella Company, will I be better off?
I have an interview tomorrow for a 4 week contract that will be paid under an umbrella company. I have read loads of conflicting advice as to how much I will walk away with at the end of each week. It will be a daily rate. Any advice on how I work out what I walk away with?
-
Sacked for being disabled?
Hi All, Just posted this in the disability forum but advised to post here also. Please be nice! My boyfriend is disabled but chooses to push himself and work full time. He is very good at his job but is under a lot of pressure, they are making redundancies and he is already doing 2 peoples jobs in his department, whereas…
-
Applying for a new job... data protection?
I am considering applying for a new job however my main problem is that the company is a company that both myself and my boss actually deal with on a regular basis in my current employment. Do you think this could go against me and if I do apply obviously I do not want the information getting back to my current employer?…
-
Finished nvq2 early
My end date for finishing my nvq2 is August but I finished it a couple of months ago. I want to start my nvq3 but my assessor said I can't till August and won't let me date my work. Is this right??
-
Claim Housing Benefit on zero hour contract?
Hello! I am thinking of getting a zero hr contract job as I have been on JSA quite a long time and getting desperate to get a job. However, I am a bit wary of the consequences it will have on my HB. How will they assess my entitlement and payment of HB? Do I have to let them know monthly of my income and then they will…
-
Agency Workers Directive query
I have been working as an agency worker for 5 months in the same role and having recently been acquainted with the Agency Workers Directive I have asked my agency to start paying me the same basic wages as those of the permanent staff, which they are apparently looking into. My questions is, will I also be entitled to…
-
Interview
I have an interview !:j Thanks!
-
shift change
Hi At the moment I work Monday to Friday 8 hour shifts with the odd weekend to cover holidays. The company I work for are thinking of changing this to 4 on 4 off 12 hour shifts. I think my contract just says 42 hours a week How much notice would they have to give us for this change, would it be 3 months ? Thanks
-
Continually difficult to take owed leave
What rights and remedies has an employee if, despite a stated amount of leave, the organisation makes it difficult or impossible to take all or most of the leave due. I have the following problems, rolling over several years: 1. despite a "family friendly policy" the structure of the business makes it hard to take any…
-
new claimant comittment
Had anyone signed on under this new regime. Is it much different?
-
What would you do? Happiness versus money.
I work in PR & Marketing. Where I work currently I get a good wage, I get a decent pension and private healthcare. However I am not happy there at all, my boss is quite a strange man, and whilst the other two members of my team are fine they are quite different from me and we don’t really talk that much. The organisation…
-
Bank Holiday Entitlement
Hi Asking this on behalf of a friend. Friend works 40 hours over the following days as written in their contact: Mon - Thurs 1pm - 9pm Fri 4pm - 8pm Sat 8am - 12 noon They get 28 days holiday a year, inclusive of bank holidays and has been advised today that they will have Good Friday and East Monday off but because…