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WRITING REPORTS IN THE WORK PLACE
Hi Folks I am involved in some project work at my work place. I have created graphs, illustrations, pies charts etc using excel. I now need to write up a few reports. However, I am not very good at writing reports, and my English grammar is terrible. Can someone recommend any free on line courses that I could go on, in…
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D2 Provisional Form
Hi, I hope you are all safe and well, I am looking into re-training to become a HGV driver. I passed my Cat B test in 2009 and passed my Cat A motorcycle test in 2014. I have paid for a medical at £55 for the D4 side of things but now I'm a little stiffled at the D2. So pretty much my question is can I tick all of these…
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Giving character reference via work email
Hi, I’ve been asked to give a character reference for someone I used to volunteer with, they are needing it to be from my work email address, can I get in trouble for using my email this way?
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Losing annual leave allowance (possible unusual case?)
I have tried Googling the answer but everything seems geared towards a situation where you start a calendar year with 20 days, you get to year end having used say 18 & the employee is wanting to know whether they'll lose 2 days or whether their employer has to pay up or let them carry the 2 days over, whereas my situation…
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Sub-Contracting Vs Self-Employed
I’ve recently started work for a company, for some reason the owner will not let me be self-employed and is insisting that I am ‘sub-contracted’ for the work. The business has recently become VAT registered and rather than up prices for clients, the owner has stated that they will be charging us the VAT they now pay on top…
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New employer Gone Silent After Job Offer
Hi guys, Last month I was offered a position on Indeed following an interview the previous evening. The employer stated that with my notice period and their Christmas closings, it would be best if I started next year on January 4th and asked me to respond to confirm that this OK. I responded back with my confirmation of…
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Working from Home
Hi I've recently moved house, into my first mortgaged property. I lived with my parents previously. Around about the same time, I started a new job and I have went from working in an office 9-5pm everyday, to working from home 4 days a week! Is there anything I can claim back for the extra expenses from working from home?…
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999 call handler
I have been lucky enough to get a job as a 999 call handler. The training starts Monday and I'm very nervous. Is there anyone who has done the training that has some advice? What was the first day like :) Thanks!
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Employer Changing Contract For Holiday (Breach Of Contract?)
Hello guys! I was sent a new contract in July 2021 as my hours per week had increased to 32. As of December, I took another increase to 36, but they haven't bothered giving me a new contract to confirm this. It states that we are entitled to '25 days holiday per year, in addition to Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years…
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Issues with Restrictive covenant.
Hi all. Just looking some advice regarding restrictive covenant. Specifically regarding non compete clauses. When I joined my current employer it was for an entry level, minimum wage position and of course this covenant was signed on my first day at the company it states in summary, for a period of 12 months I am unable to…
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Are bonuses included in the contract protected after TUPE?
After TUPE transfer, the employees terms and conditions are protected such as basic salary and working hours. Are bonuses that are included in the contract protected as well? For e.g. a basic salary of £x and annual KPI bonus of £x is written in the contract.
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Charging VAT
Hi, I’ve recently started work in an aesthetics business and wondered if I could have some advice. Initially fee to use the business property was 20% however the turnover of the business has reached the VAT threshold and they are now a VAT registered company. The business owner has stated rather than charge clients for…
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How does Shaw Trust / JETS work? Likely attitudes towards taking courses that are not theirs?
I've been on Universal Credit for some time, but had my commitments paused due to coming out of an abusive relationship and then health issues. I've now been referred to the Shaw Trust / JETS scheme, but am quite naive and don't really understand how this will work and what it means in practice. I do really want to find…
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P45 section 9
I have recently lost my and have received my p45. Section 9 works number/payroll number and department of branch (if any). It has given my payroll number and department but it also says (default). Could any one advise me what the default is .
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Employer still hasn't paid me.
I worked for M&S very briefly but left because the hours were too much with an existing job I was already doing and still am. During that time I notice they paid me £490 for some reason. I asked and they said it was a "HR error". This was before my first paycheck was even due. They said they needed for me to give them some…
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Holidays too long
The holiday period has been too long over christmas and new year and very disruptive to all.I think most could live with 2 or 3 days but not 3 plus weeks.
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Holiday entitlement query
Hi all and Happy New Year. I have two queries that I hope I can get some assistance with. 1. I work In Norfolk but I'm employed by a Scottish company. HR are telling me that I am bound to accept Scottish holiday entitlements that have less public holidays and as the office in Scotland has a less generous entitlement than I…
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Sickness during enforced annual leave
Hi all, My employer enforces three days of annual leave between Christmas and New Year, and this is automatically deducted from my annual leave allowance. I was unwell with covid during this period and therefore asked my employer if I could reclaim the annual leave and take it as sick leave instead. They said No, stating…
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Days off being included in annual leave..
Hi, Happy New Year. My husband is working for a local care company and has to include his rostered days off in his annual leave entitlement. If he wants his usual 4 days off, he has been told that he has to book 7 days off. I am not sure how they can do this, it's not as if those leave days are given back at a later date -…
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Managed Vetting for police while on a DMP
I’ve been through an interview process and been offered a job pending background checks with a police service in England. When filling in financial I’ve declared all outstanding debts, totalling approximately £23K which I arranged a debt management plan to sort out. I was always able to manage the payments and never missed…