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Night School for A Levels in Sussex/Surrey area?
Hello I'm hoping to do an A level or two in Maths, Business or Economics from September but I'm struggling to find anywhere that does them in evening classes. I live near Gatwick airport and work mainly in Leatherhead and the surrounding area and I'm not adverse to a little bit of travel. Does anyone know of a good school…
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not been paid for 5weeks - advice needed
not sure if this is in right place - but it seems the most suitable - if not mods please feel free to move it Ok I'll start OH was last paid on 23rd Dec - boss informed him at that point that they were going onto monthly pay from then on (was weekly before) and would be paid last working day of January - this…
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Franking machine
Hia..problems since a return to work after a 6 months absence. Many changes. Is anyone involved in franking post please? All of a sudden this has become a huge issue. Who is responsible for adding credit to it , dealing with mechanical problems and ink? Should any of these things be needed, would it be necessary to report…
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Application form - hand fill or type fill ?
I'm thinking of returning to workplace and have an application form from the internet. My question is - is it better to print and hand write answers or type write answers and then print. If the latter what font/colour would you suggest so that answers show as clear responses to questions ?
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The Bradford formula!
My OH had been off sick from work for about 4 months and now he's returned he's had to fill out a report because his absenteeism has been flagged up by personnel. In the last year he has had 3 periods of sickness covering 142 days. It would have only been 2 periods of sickness but OH's doctor advised him to try to return…
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Online Pay Slips
Hi, The company I work for has changed over the pay slips to an online system only, they never asked if that was ok, they just did it. So now I have to access my pay slips online only. I have been reading the terms and conditions of this online pay slip site and it says they will only keep the pay slips online for 1 year…
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agencys and holiday pay
worked for a agency for 16weeks and out of that did 44days work for them . now someone tells me supposed to get holiday pay is this true and if so what would i be entitled to many thanks
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How to work out term time only pay please...
Hello all, I am going for a job interview next week and really need to work out the salary as it is a term time only position. The salary is 23500.00 and the role is term time plus 2 weeks (total of 43 weeks). I have no idea how they work it out and have already been told several different things so don't want to go along…
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Employment application form - are these questions legal?
I have received an application form and am surprised to see the following questions on it (it is for an office job) Date of birth/marital status/children/nationality - is it legal to ask these, I thought age was an iffy topic these days? Do you smoke - again is this legal? I don't smoke but that's not the point..
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Social Work - Private Fostering Agency interview question
Hi, wondering if anyone might be able to come up with any suggestions for me on something... I have an interview coming up for a private fostering agency, who are looking to develop their service in a slightly wider area. So as part of the interview I have to discuss the following: "How would you engage with local…
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Typical London work hours?
Quick question. I'm having a debate with someone. What would you say are 'typical' office hours for professional office workers in London? I work 9:30 - 6pm (5:30pm on Fridays). The person I'm arguing with says these are 'unreasonable hours' whereas I think they're pretty standard. Who's right?
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Anyone else work in a Betting Shop?
I work in a Coral betting shop in South Wales as a deputy manager - just wondering how many other people on the board work in a betting shop and what they think of their job - just a light-hearted thread for fellow bookmakers or perhaps people considering taking a job in the glamorous (cough cough) world of licenced…
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Job agencies Good, Bad, Ugly ????
I have recently . .well last year . . been made redundant . Its just now that i am seriously looking for employment after doing some training off my own back. Lawks alordy dealing with agencies its just like a spaghetti western (one in particular). I have encountered the ( in reverse order) * Ugly - where there wasn't an…
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A question for people that work in HR
Okay, so one of the things I have always wanted to work in.. is HR :) All of the jobs I see advertised are for 'experienced' HR people, I never see any posts that are willing to train people to become an HR advisor So, what I'm wanting to ask, is how would I go about getting into HR?
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Employer not paid me
Hi all It seems like I am on here for a different question every five minutes these days so if you have seen my name talking about tenancy agreements or employment tribunals thanks for your help.. Now to the current problem. I started a new job on 1st December, it was a start up company and the owner really sold the job as…
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Annual Leave - part-time equivalent
My wife has recently reduced her hours to 21 hours per week (3 x 7 hour days per week). The full-time annual entitlement is 19 days holiday (the company also give an extra day between Christmas and New Year to make it up to the minimum 20 days holiday). The extra day is likely to fall on a usual working day for her this…
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my training company has gone bust!!!
i was with access2trades for just under a year i was about a month away from taking my final exam and have received an email say that they are unable to continue to trade now i am wondering what happens next as i took out a loan to pay fees (i have checked this out and barclays have not realeased a penny to access to trade…
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Courses
I don't know if this is in the correct forum, (feel free to move to a correct one if possible!) I've been thinking about taking a part-time (probably distance learning, as my local college does not offer this particular type of course and I would be working alongside it) Spanish/modern languages course. Does anyone know of…
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Question Re: Wage deductions
A few weeks ago Hubby's employer closed the workplace at lunchtime, and all the employees went with him to his mum's funeral/wake on that afternoon. (They were asked to drive for the family but turns out once they got there that they weren't needed) Fast forward to pay day and everyone has been docked half a day's wage. My…
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Driver Connection
I've seen an advert for a agency called Driver Connection and was wondering what its like. Has anyone worked for them and was the work any good or otherwise?
