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Very quick qu regarding paid holiday
Due to personal reasons I have a need to take a day's holiday this week. I only found out the need for this at the weekend but since the guidelines say you need to give twice as long as the length of the holiday, I assumed that two days' notice for one day's holiday would be sufficient. I asked my employer first thing…
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HELP - Dismissed for eBay use!
Not sure if anyone can offer any advice (I've thought long and hard on this already_ ... and this is a long post so please bear with me ... :rolleyes: Last July, totally out of the blue, I was dismissed from my job as an analyst at a small risk management consultancy. I upset the boss with a ever so slightly sarcastic…
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crb checks
hi just after a bit of advice, when a company does a crb check how far back do they check? do they go back all of your working career because approx 10 years and 6 months ago i received community service for an offence which i regret i just am a bit concerned that this will show and stop me from getting a new job. i know…
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Revenge on Employer - Any good stories
This forum is full of people who have been treated like !!!! by their employers. Just wondering, if anyone has got any good stories about turning the tables on their employers / ex employers.
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Holidays have been unpaid - need advice before Monday please!
Hello, My Dp currently works for Manpower (agency) in a callcentre but on a permanent basis. He is entitled to 24 days paid holiday. He tells me their leave year runs from 1st February. Due to it being the kids half term recently, my DP booked off 3 days holiday. I then told him to cancel 1 day, and just take 2, as I was…
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part time work and jobseekers allowance
im getting jobseekers allowance and a part time job has come up which could lead to more work.. but it doesnt pay enough for me to live on... if i can still claim jobseekers allowance while doing this job then ill be okay to do it and hope that it leads to more hours quickly and/or ill still be looking for another part…
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temping agency witholding money
Hi I started to temp for an agency in Jan - on the first day their systems went down and basically we sat around for 5 and half hours doing nothing. The man in charge of the training stated to all of us that we would get paid for this as it wasnt our fault. There are no timesheets as the agency dealt directly with the…
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'Gross Misconduct' Help
Hi Any help on this would be grateful! My son’s girlfriend got dismissed on Friday! It says ‘gross misconduct’ but I think they are been really petty about the whole thing. A quick summery of what happened so please bare with me. A few weeks ago she threw the office rubbish away on a ‘tip’ on the way to work. It turns out…
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Help!!! reallly need help
Sorry about the Vague subject title but the situation is this and i will try and keep it concise. My Sister has been working for a family firm for 10 years. She never signed an initial contract but has been gainfully employed by them continuously over this 10 year period. it is a family run business with lots of family…
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Husband's nightmare employers, please please help
Hello Please can I have some advice. My husband found a job through the Jobcentre website as a delivery driver for a local firm. He started work on 1st November and his first pay cheque bounced, so they paid him in cash, and the second month they advised they were having difficulties setting up the BACS system so paid cash…
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temp job agencies- going permanent
got a job through temp agency 'A', and the firm I am at advertised themselves for permanent position. which i applied for direct. found oud that the agency wanted 20% temp to perm fee as well, ON TOP of the £3 an hour they are already getting out of my hard work (40 hours a week = £120+VAT..) and i wouldnt get a penny of…
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new job yayyyy
Hi guys my hubby was made redundant 4 years ago and has been trying to get employment ever since with no joy He has the possibilty of a job coming up in April - on old workplace is xpanding and they have asked him to go in. Now please don't have a go at me but we need to know (apart from self esteem) if this is worth it.…
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Offered a job.... In Kampala!! (Uganda)
Having decided upon a career break (well, kinda forced on me), I've been submitting my CV to various recruitment companies. Well today I got a scare - a company based in Kampala, Uganda would like me to go work for them. So let's think about this for a minute, I'd get a company car (hope it's armoured), company house (I DO…
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help please
hi i am asking on behalf of a friend her husband is going to be made redundant he is 61 and my friend is 61 they have a son who lives with them who earns around £200 a week, my friend and her husband think they can claim pension credits as the online calculator said they could get up to £180 per week but it said that they…
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Maternity Benefits
Hi I'm not sure if this is in the right place - so please move if it's not. Thanks. I'm looking for advice regarding maternity benefits but my situation, whilst I'm sure isn't unique, is complicated to say the least! I hope I can explain OK. I have been on long term sick from my job for nearly 3 and a half years now. I've…
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Applying to police for admin job and disclosing poor credit history
Hello Can anyone please help? I am applying for a part time admin job within the police through a temping agency and they want me to tell them if I have ever had any CCJs and the form says that they do an enhanced background check. I've completed the form honestly, saying yes I have an existing CCJ which I have maintained…
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Notice period with expired fixed term contract
Hi guys, I am wondering if you can help my friend. I regularly post on MSE, and am something of an addict, and when my friend asked my advice on an employment issue, my first impulse was to come to you! We both work for the same employer, a very large company with over 8,000 employees. She started working nearly 9 months…
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Off sick before leaving!!!!!
Hi everyone, I am due to leave my current employer on the 29th February and start work elsewhere on the 3rd March. Therefore next week is my last week at work, unfortunately I have been called to hospital on Tuesday next week to have an operation. As a result I will be off sick fro Tuesday to Friday. I am due to be paid on…
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Default Contracting for the 1st time. advice needed on pay
I recently left my full-time (paye) job in a bank and I am now going to start contracting for anther bank via a recruitment consultancy. I have been told that I have to set up an umbrella company or limited company. I have not had any experience of this before and my recruitment agency are pushing me to sort this out by…
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how does my German girlfriend work in the uk?
Hi All myself(English) and my girlfriend(German citizen) are currently considering moving from Spain to the UK to live, long story. Anyway, what papers/permits would she need to work/live in the UK? and how would she apply for these essentials. Or do we have to get hitched?!:o thanks Jon
