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Employer hasnt paid my tax rebate!!
Hi im hoping someone can help me here, I worked from home doing telesales for a hotel company. Last year I was on BR tax for 8 months and when I got a new tax code i was told i would get a tax rebate. This rebate amount of nearly £800 and was shown on my wage slip but I was never paid to me. I asked my employer for the…
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Interview questions over childcare
Good evening, I'm looking to see whether my complaint with a large chemist over a job interview for an 8 hour evening/saturday job is worth pursuing. Below is my complaint ***, help would be appreciated. I have since spoken with the area manager who said she will take it up with the manager, and apologised profusely for my…
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Childcare vouchers debacle
Good morning all, newbie here. I entered into a salary sacrifice scheme at my place of work to purchase childcare vouchers (Accor) for our 3 boys childcare costs. I paid £200 per month for the vouchers of which the nursery fees varied above/below this amount each month. Upon our eldest and middle sons moving into fulltime…
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Redundancy Notice not given - advice?
Hi All, Looking for a bit of advice for my Girlfriend. My girlfriend worked in her job from July 2011, she was placed on a consultation period on 4th October stating the company had lost the contract and would potentially making the whole department redundant. The consultantion period was due to end on 2nd November. At the…
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Pay in lieu of notice shortfall
I have been made redundant as the company I worked for has gone in to receivership.I am due 12 weeks pilon.I have worked for three weeks and received jobseekers allowance when I was not working.The pilon will be reduced by the amount that I have earned and claimed.Can I,therefore,claim the amount deducted by the government…
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Length of shifts - from 24 hours to 28 hrs
moved to CAB employment rights thread.
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new contract unpaid overtime
Hi My daughter's employer has produced a new contract stating that all employees are required to attend without pay fund raising events open days etc . Can they do this?
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Employment rights
Hi, Myself and 5 of my colleagues have been working 20 minutes above our contract every week that we have not been getting paid for, this has been going on since the 1st of July 2010. This was first brought up at a meeting in September 2010, my employer had been aware of this for over 2 years now, we have brought it up at…
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Income tax and new job
Hi :) I've been at my new job for a few weeks now and I earn £8047 per a year. I don't have a second job either or any savings. I received my wage slip the other day and I've found that I'm paying tax on these earnings. I'm a bit confused about as to whether or not I should be paying income tax as I thought the personal…
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Ex employer withholding wages
Hi there, just needed some advice about my ex-employer withholding wages. I left this employer on the 2/10/12 and my monthly salary was due on the 4/10/12. That wasn't paid and according to my supervisor (who spoke OTR ) they are withholding my salary as they believe me to be in debt to them. Management refuse to discuss…
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Risk of redundancy, re-applying for job. Can I be deselected due to existing pension?
My company is re-structuring several existing teams into one new role. All members of all these teams have been warned of the risk of redundancy as there are not enough positions in the new job for everyone. We have all been invited to apply for the new jobs. My qualifications and experience fit the new job spec perfectly…
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help needed
I work for a security company on 12 hr shifts and at the moment i am working 4 days 3 nights with 4 days off and then i work 3 days and 4 nights with 3 days off duty. Due to some personel reasons i wanted to change over to permanent nights but my line manager is saying that he will have to ask HR as "moving onto nights…
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Work induced stress.
Hello I was looking for some advice as I am at a loss what to do. I have been working for the same organisation for a year and a half and from the start have been open about my history of depression since starting, telling my supervisor, my deputy manager and manager (silly levels of management). About a year ago my deputy…
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Redundancy likely
Hello, I hope you can advise me of how best to approach this or at least ask the right questions. We are a small organisation and staff have been advised of imminent 'consultations'. We are aware that our board of trustees have discussed staffing issues on several occasions but this will be the first we hear of future…
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New "Sign In/Out" system at work
Hi. Not sure if this is the correct forum for this, sorry if not, but here goes. Recently at work we had a new system installed for signing in and out - called Watson. It's basically a computer located just as you walk in, into which you enter your ID number then scan your finger! (we all had to "register" our fingerprints…
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Holidays after maternity leave
My partner will be going on maternity leave in approximately 2 months and intends on taking 9 months. My question relates to her taking her holiday entitlement after the maternity leave finishes. What if she requests to take the annual leave at the end of the maternity leave, if she gives them notice say 7-8 months in…
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can they demand i pay my wages back?
Back in January i was written out a cheque for my wages as normal from the building firm i worked for, i should have collected about 10 days previous but i was on holiday and the money was for December's wage. However, i received last week a Solicitor's letter saying they wanted the money back as the company had gone into…
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Want to reclaim tax back but employer put wrong NI Number
I've been taxed which I'm entitled to claim back but I was checking my pay slip and my employer has written my NI number wrong. What can I do in this situation?
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Urgent advice please!
Hi, after a long period of unemployment and rising debts my son applied for a live in job at an Inn, he was offered a full time position after a couple of days which was great. After a couple of months he phoned complaining he and a female colleague were being exploited being made to work longer hours without being paid…
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Change Of Hours In Work
I have worked at the same company for 22 years and last week my boss called me in the office to say he wanted to change my hours. I currently work 4am - 12pm and 12pm - 8pm Monday to Friday, so days one week then afternoons the next week. He wants me to work 4am - 12pm permanently and work 6am - 6pm every fourth Sunday…