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Student loan help
Hi, Im new to this but could use a nit of advice. A few yrs ago, I was supposed to defer my student loan as I made less than 15000 per year and still do. I sent in my form but it was claimed that I didnt and therefore they said I was liable for the charges to that date and they couldnt back date it. It went ot a debt…
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company buy out
Ive worked for the same company for the past 12 years. last August we had our annual payrise, but in june this year i found out i'd been on the wrong rate of pay. The company has now ammended this and back paid me until febuary but says it cannot pay further back as the company was sold. Is there anyway of claiming back my…
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company buy out
Ive worked for the same company for the past 12 years. last August we had our annual payrise, but in june this year i found out i'd been on the wrong rate of pay. The company has now ammended this and back paid me until febuary but says it cannot pay further back as the company was sold. Is there anyway of claiming back my…
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Cost of living pay rise
Hi If anyone can advise i'd be very gratefull. Does anyone know if by law a company has to give employers a cost of living rise each year and if its a set percentage and also a set month ? Thank you in advance Jue xxx
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Trainee Accountants ?
Hi.. Been to college ( 4.5 A levels ) Been to uni (Degree, BSc, Hons, Chemistry) And now it comes to finding a job, been looking for a chemistry related job, maybe some lab work, etc with the hope the degree will make me stand out from the crowd... more job prospects. Hit a brick wall! Seems theres hardly any chemistry…
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redundancy & arbitration waiver- tax free reduncancy money
I'm being made redundant (which is good news!) and I am in line to receive my redundancy package in addition to 3 months worth of pay for my notice period. I understand that the redundancy package is tax free but I was told today that if I were to waive my right to arbitration then the local tax office can award all of the…
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Which recruitment agencies you would recommend
I'd recommend Office Angles to anyone looking for (duh) office work. They're fabulous! I've signed up for so many recruitment places and never heard back from any of them. With Office Angels I got calls about once a week with jobs they wanted to put me forward. They got me an interview with a really good company and I got…
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Minimum Wage
My son is working for a bar in North London full time (one of the big chains) he is 21 and only being paid £4.90ph is this legal?
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Advice re on-call duties please
I have a job interview the day after tomorrow with the company I already work for. My post is redundant and this is a possible alternative. Everything has been done properly in terms of the consultation etc, and I have the full details for the new posts that are being created, The post I am applying for is at a fairly…
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starting a new job after redundancy
Hi, my husband was made redundant in the middle of july. They informed him he would be paid 4 weeks in leiu of notice and to leave immediately. He has now found another job and started this week. However what will happen to his notice money and redundancy pay now? Will he still be entitled to them as they didn't want him…
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Asking your potential employer for the job
Hi all, have lurked for ages and decided to make a post here. I have been reading up about job interview techniques. I came across an point in one page - http://www.clinicalresearchjobs.co.uk/interviewadvice.htm which claimed that asking your potential employer for the job was a good thing. If you don't feel like reading…
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quick query re employers medical survey
got a letter on fri from my local council saying i've got a job intrview at the end of aug (this was for a post i applied for in April!) thought the job must have been taken by now, anyway, they have included a medical questionaire etc with criminal conviction/interview details etc, now the job is relief working in a…
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Would you take a job offer from a friend?
A friend of mine's offered me a job working for his company (when he gets it all running). I'm not sure whether I should take it because: * He changes his mind over the starting salary (sometimes he'll say 20k, sometimes he'll say 25k). * He has said it'd all be above board, with PAYE salary. * He's not put anything about…
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Withdrawal of contract - what are my rights?
A member of my family received a job offer, and was due to start tomorrow. In the last week a family member has become seriously ill. We phoned the employer and asked for an extension to the start date, the employer refused and basically said "either start tomorrow or forget the job". So we phoned back to discuss and…
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Disciplinaries
Just a quick one. My OH has been told he is to have a disciplinary tomorrow. the top & bottom of what happened was that he works in a store that also has a warehouse ( down the road) Someone put in a big order, and one piece of the order was ou8t of stock in both shop & warehouse, so OH put a note on the system to say the…
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working from home
Hi all! do any of you work from home??? what do you do? do you have any jobs going?!?!!? seriously - I am interested in what jobs people do from home - I am going through the slow process of registering as a childminder but cant see it taking off till after xmas and so am looking for something working from home now (and…
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Jobs abroad???
Have been a bit dissalusioned with work recently, and did a quick job search, Went to Monster.com instead of the .co.uk site and found a job basically the same as mine but £15K more and based in Maui and with a tasty benefits package. I have sent for the application pack. Anyone have any experience of applying for jobs…
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Question Of Money
Hi Guys, I wonder if any employers out there can help me. When employing a member of staff say, for instance and administrative post, how do you go about deciding a wage for this person. Is there an advisory guideline for instance from the government on what the average pay scale for a demographic area or anything similar.…
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Pay Rise?
Hi Everyone, I am going for a pay review in the next week and need your help. I know I am on a lower wage than everyone else and need a bit of advice and muscle when asking for more.:eek: Do you have any golden pieces of advice or info for me. I have gone down the line of detailing why I think I deserve more i.e what…
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job sharing.
ok i thought i would share this with you:D up until just recently me or my partner was in full time work. she was the last to have a full time job, she was out the house 7am until 6 pm and earning minimum wage. she had to leave cos of depression so i started looking for full time work, anyway we started doing some work…
