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Advice please
Good evening all, I was made redundant 8 weeks ago from a job which was well paid, stressful and every day there was someone to stab me in the back. I have sent my CV to every agency in my field and outside, I have met with 5 recruitment consultants and they all tell me I am a strong candidate, with great experience, a…
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Calculating holiday pay
Post removed - all sorted now
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Advice please!
Hi, Was just wondering if anybody could give me some advice. I started a new job few weeks ago and frankly I can't stand it. Don't want to go into much details in case somebody from there is reading it.Anyway tomorrow I have an interview lined up for a different position with much better money and it seems more like what I…
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Headhunted by 2 Companies
Hi All Wondered if you could possibly offer some advice. I am currently self employed, and have one main supplier. Their biggest rival have approached me advising that they want me as part of their team, as an old colleague of mine who now works for them has recommended me. This is a very specialised industry and I have…
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TUPE and preventing financial loss
I face being TUPE'd and although T&Cs may be maintained there are non-tangible benefits I will lose that although not guaranteed will have a big financial impacts. Do you know if under TUPE you have any right to not be materially worse off. Examples are,* Moving out of final salary scheme. Huge loss. * Losing sharesave…
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Going to employment tribunal 28 oct any advice would be extremely helpful
Hi All To cut a long story short back in March OH was unfairly dismissed after having 1 week off for minor knee op, he was Factory Manager for Kitchen Company for over 9 years. Boss rang him on the Fri told him business was slow and "hadnt got anything for him anymore". Went into work Monday morn to find locks changed on…
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National Insurance Contributions
Hi, Hope this is in the righth forum. My partner has been with the same employer for almost 3 years. He recently received a letter saying there had been no national insurance paid in his name for the last tax year and if he wanted to get full pension etc he needed to pay £xxx. Now im still a student but when i worked i was…
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Claiming holiday pay from an agency - how does the law apply to my case?
Okay, here's my situation. I worked for an agency for just 4 days and then was offered something better. They were hoping I'd be in the job long-term, but the opportunity with another agency I was offered was too good to turn down, and they needed me to start right away. So I left abruptly. However, in the 4 days I worked…
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Security employment requirements - advice
Hi folks, Currently unemployed, and have been looking for work in my field (pc/technical) for the last 3 months since i moved back to the place im currently living. More recently ive been trying out applying for jobs in other fields as ive had no luck yet in my own , and within a larger area of where i live, but still not…
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Cobra and Code Marketing CONS and SCAMS
hi this is a thread to highlight the dodgy sales companies will have been in contact with or involved with!!! The majority of these companies will formpart of the cobra group but use other names the aim of this is that members can post the details of the companies to allow others not t be duped by them please post the…
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Discrimination/Non-discrimination
If a company offers a substantially different salary between a male and female doing the same job who both have the same level of skills then they're breaking the law. The same applies for age. However, what if a company offers someone of almost the same age and gender and level of skills 50% more pay than someone else and…
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Stuck in the retail trap
Hi, I'm new on here so forgive me if I'm posting in the wrong place! Have spent some time reading the boards but never got around to posting. I'm 24 and currently work full time in a supermarket. I spent 2 gap years working there before going to music college, ended up quitting my degree in the second year and going back…
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Not Putting A Previous Job on CV
Morning, I am wondering if someone can give me some advise? I have started a new job, currently in probation and to be honest not getting on with the role at all mostly down to my manager. In fact I am quietly looking at other opportunities out there as my manager is refusing to help me and plus I feel he is trying to set…
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JSA Signing in booklet
Hi guys, Have just started up signing on and have to fill out 8 job searches every two weeks. I was just wondering if people could give me some examples on what/how to write in this booklet. Applying for 8 jobs in 2 weeks seems a bit excessive to me, ill try my best but i dont want to be applying for jobs i dont even want,…
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Please delete - thanks
I have removed my post as I was worried people at work may notice the thread. The meeting with boss went okay, we have discussed it and I have raised my concerns and he has agreed that I will share the work with the new person. So happy with the outcome. Thanks to the people who replied. (I have pressed the thanks button)..
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Can they do this?????
Hi, This summer my gf landed a temporary job with the post office.She asked if she will still be able to go on holliday as we had already booked before she got the job and they said that it would be fine.A few weeks after she returned from her hollidays she was told that she wasn't entitled to those hollidays and that they…
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working from home
Has anyone been involved with a company called working from home, they ask you to send them £20 via paypal to get training instructions then they claim to let you complete data entry for companies requiring orders and pay between £15 - £20 per entry, I am bit sceptical about this, it maybe a scam seems to good to be true,…
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not entitled to jsa
this is the first time i have tried to claim JSA and i called on 8th sept after being made redundant. went down to the job centre. and got a book and i have to pop in this friday to sign on however i got a letter today saying not entitled as not paid enough class 1 contributions of NI. based on 07 and 08. i called the…
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Job fair
It's my first time going to a job fair. All I know about job fairs is employers trying to promote their company, networking, and stuff like that. I was wondering about the following: * dress code - smart casual, casual, or formal? * what to take? * would employers have vacancies advertised on the day? * what to questions…
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Where can I get free CV help/advice, please?
Well, seem to have things in order at last, and have my interview at the Job Centre on Monday.:T BUT I don't have a remotely up to date CV. Are there any websites that help with this?:confused: I once paid for one, only for it to be of a far poorer quality than I could have done myself:mad: And how is it best to word my…
