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Possible Unemployment.
I need a little bit of advice please. Bit of a long post sorry. I have been with my employer for 4 years. Have been off on maternity leave since May 2009 and I am due to be returning in March 2010. From October 2008 (when I found out that I was pregnant) I have made it clear that I wanted to move onto the PT student shift…
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Freelancing & Tax
Admin - please move if incorrect board! I have just taken on a remote admin job and I am hoping someone can head me in the right direction for the answer to my query. I am working for one hour a day (well yesterday was nearly 3 but will only be paid for 1) for five days a week and it is a rate at £6ph. It is on a freelance…
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I got sacked from my job today for gross misconduct can i claim jobseekers allowance
I got dismissed today for gross misconduct-dishonesty (not related to theft) basically i went away on a 1 day holiday for my long life friends stag do after i rang in sick, i tried every legit way to go but couldn't either change my day off or get the time off , i had worked for the business for nearly 12 years and in that…
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Overtime query Please help?
Overtime in our company is normally done on 1st come 1st serve basis. I put my name down 1st for some recently, but they've now removed it saying it goes to the internal team first and I'm not allowed to do it. I have exactly the same trained skills sets as the people in the other dept so don't think it's fair they remove…
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Nhs first self appraisal
Hi i work for the NHS as a aseptic assistant in a sterile production unit manufacturing eye drops, morphine? devices and alot lot more, well i have been here nearly a yr and have my appraisel nxt mth, well i have to complete this and hand this in when i go in with my meeting,well theres a part where you have to fill in put…
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Shift cancellation at short notice
Hi MSEs I work as a nurse in a small hospital. I do night duty and am employed as a bank nurse. Quite often I have a shift cancelled at short notice, even as late as 1 hour before I am due to start if patient numbers drop. So I obviously dont receive any pay, and have spent the day psyching myself up for staying up all…
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Suspended from work
I have been suspended from work pending an investigation on full pay. I am the only one to have been suspended. I was screamed and shouted at by a manager, who made us 'guess' what our job roles were, like a child, and told that it was basically put up with it, shut up or get lost - as I could be replaced. The manager…
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Trying hard to find a job? What on earth am I doing wrong?
I have now been unemployed for 3 months, and it's bloody rotten. I have been involved in trade development for the last 10 years or so, but every time I apply for jobs, I either hear nothing back, or I don't get them. My CV is up to scratch, and has been checked by someone in the know. I have also been on an interview…
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Interview tomorrow - questions?
Hello everyone, I have an interview tomorrow (though I'm not getting my hopes up) and I was thinking that there are 2 questions that I always tank on - 1. What would you say your weaknesses are? and 2. What makes you better than/sets you aside from other applicants? I was wondering if anyone has any tips on how to answer…
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Wages being docked for alledgedly not clocking in
Hi all, thanks in advance if you can offer an opinion or advice. The large high street clothes/homeware retailer I work for introduced a couple of months ago a clocking in system where you have to punch your payroll number into the till. Not long after the introduction of this system a sign went up to say anyone who forgot…
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Is my company being unreasonable?
Hello Folks, I had a week off just before christmas to spend time with my wife who was heavily pregnant. She then give birth on New Years day, so I took two weeks paternaty leave. I have now asked for the 29th Jan, 1st and 8th Feb off, but they have been refused because work say I have had too much time off recently. I…
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Part Time Hours & Notice
Posted last week about being offered redundancy or part time hours & will give my decision to the company tomorrow as to what I want to do. I may possibly have another job in the lineup (had an interview yesterday which went well & was told he would make a decision before end of the week), but I don't want to count on it…
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Pay cut and forced into self employment. Please advise.
About 6 months ago my partner and his colleagues were asked to take a pay cut due to the economy. No new contracts have been signed and they has no choice in accepting the cut. Now the company is requesting that all the staff become self employed. Is any of this legal? From what I can tell no benefits are being given to…
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self employed bricklayer
we am starting work next week and they want an invoice off us this will be a self employed position does anyone know where these are available from thanks Alan
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Having to reapply ofr my "own" job
I'm a temp employee who is currently undertaking an assignment at my local council. Endless restructuring is taking place and as of yesterday we were told that the job that I am currently doing is to be filled on a permanent basis and is being placed on the website. There are currently three in my team all doing the same…
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Accountancy qualifications - anyone else studying one?
As the title suggests ... is anyone else studying for an accountancy qualification (AAT, CIMA, ACCA, a degree, whatever)? How far are you through your studies? And if you got exam results this week or last week, how did you do? I'm studying CIMA on day release with Kaplan but don't actually know anyone else who is studying…
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wages for plasma cnc programmers
I'm looking at change in career, been doing all sorts of CAD and small scale cnc before, need to move on to bigger things - plasma cnc programmer, pretty much the same as i have experience with but on a bigger machine. What i'm interested in is what sort of qualifications are valued in this field (besides CAD experience)…
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i wanna do Volunteer work...
I would like to volunteer, but i am finding it hard to find anything to do. I work full-time during the week, but I could give some of my time on weekends to help people... Does anybody know where I can get any info or have anyone done something similar?
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Time of for interview
Hi, just need some advice please. Fed up with my job, really need to leave. Got two interviews next week and not sure if my boss will give me the time off. My boss has been funny in the past when i have had interviews. The other person i work with is on holiday and we are not allowed to be off at the same time. Am i…
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Employer - Breaks
Okay, I work for a large insurance company. Due to the weather, we have all been working overtime, so I have usually been working 8-5pm to help out. We answer telephones all day and are at our computer 100% of the time, as I work in claims. Over the past few weeks, they have been cancelling our tea breaks. , I was doing…
