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taxed on mileage??
Hope you can help me I have recently started working for a new employer as a sales rep and they provide a company car which I can also use for personal journeys. Each month they pay £100 which is to cover mileage and mobile use, i have now noticed I am getting taxed on this amount. Is this correct? Previously in another…
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Anyone know the criteria for getting a work permit/visa for Australia?
My god-daughter has been offered a position, via an agency in this country, as a nanny with a family just outside Sydney. Apparently, the family organised the visa etc for another girl, who (according to my god-daughter's mother, who can at times, admittedly, be a little bit vague!) absconded with the visa. For this…
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Employment tribunal witness order
Hello, I was just looking a bit of advice... What would happen if someone was ordered to be a witness in a tribunal case and they didn't turn up? Thanks in advance :D
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Pre-employment Medical Questionnaire - Do I disclose?
Hi there, Just want some advice regarding this issue. I have been unemployed for nearly a year now, and have now fortunately managed to get a good job! I have had the offer in writing, both via email and in a letter which I have accepted via email. Now the contract has come and with various forms, as you would expect, but…
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training courses on benefits ?
hello all...as i cant seem to find myself a job at the moment round my area i been trying to look into going college or somewhere to do a course onm either plumbing or electrical or something todo with cars...does anybody no of anywhere that helps people who are on benefits as the courses seem expensive and could not…
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provident agent
:mad:worked for provident 15 years this is worst time yet as an agent being fined for managers not doing their job if they done their arrears calls in the first place agents book wouldnt be in this state what are the managers doing now while were out their doing their arrearsfor them on top of all the new paperwork we have…
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have i got any options
i have worked for the same company for the last seven years,and went part-time two years ago to do my nursing degree i have just received this letter from them. dear scott i am aware from the recent information you have provided me with; that you are now in a more sustained period within you nursing course. this it seems…
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Flexible Working - work has relocated
Hi, I have been employed by the same employer for 11 years. I worked in my home town, which was a 4 mile journey into work, however when I went on maternity leave 3 years ago, my Department relocated to a busy city centre location (12 miles away). I took a years maternity leave and then a 2 year career break (unpaid…
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Receiving the same wage as the trainees!
I'm 22yrs old with 2 young children and was complaining to one of my colleagues the other day that I was struggling to get by with the costs of travelling to work (£275 per month) and the costs of childcare (currently paying £37 per week after tax credits). I earn £23,800 per year and am from Scotland. We both do the same…
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Working Abroad
Anyone else lived/worked in Italy? Considering it and enthusiastic expat friend encouraging but would like others opinions/experiences/advice
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advice please
if someone comes on a forum such as this place and reads something that sounds familiar and they think that what they are reading is about them/their business even though the business or the person has not been named and they are unable to identify the person making the post. Just because they have read something they…
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trying to compromise, best way
hi all a few months ago i went back to work on a phased return work had made alterations to my work space and suplied me with an adequate chair my normal working hours were 30 hrs over 5 days, it was not allways 6 hours a day i could do 3 8 hour and the 2 3 hours, but it has to be 5 days i sarted back on 3 six hour days an…
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NVQ Assessor in childcare
Hi I am intereted in becoming an assessor in childcare and know I have to gain the A1 qualification to do so the only thing that concerns me a bit is the jobs I have been looking at all seem to be target driven has anyone else had experience of these targets are they hard to get and what are they. Thanks in advance
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Plumber-Catch 22 situation - what to do?
What can I advise my son to do to dig himself out of this hole? He is a plumber working for an outfit that pays irregularly (cash flow?). The boss is always promising that the money is coming but it is always late and never in full. As soon as he is paid most of the money goes in rent to keep the landlord off his back. He…
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Problems at work - advice welcome
Hi Guys Sorry in advance if this post is rambling or overly long... Basically I was on Incapacity Benefit for a couple of years after suffering a nervous breakdown which lead to chronic depression. I made the decision last year that I was ready to try going back to work, I found myself a job and then informed the DSS etc I…
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unfair dismissal?
Hope this is in the right section. :) My cousin has been working for a an agency at a littlewoods sorting office type place. He hasnt had any time off but rang in sick on tuesday with vomitting and abdominal pains. He went to the dr who sent him to hospital with grumbling apendix. He had a call from the agency saying he…
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New Tax year
Could anyone tell me if my employer should of used 2010/2011 tax year or 2011/2012 tax year for this Aprils deductions? It appears she has used 2010/2011...but I was under the impression 2011/2012 should of been used as I believed this month was the first month of higher personal tax allowance?????
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Agency not paying wages I've earned
I signed up to work for a company called The Brand Company. http://www.thebrandcompany.co.uk/ They offer ad-hoc work on various merchandising campaigns and I'm employed through PAYE. The contract states I will be paid on the last working day of the month following the month in which I did the work. I did some work in…
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Can they *actually* do this...?
Hi everyone, I've written a few threads on the subject of my ET before, and am just a few days away from exchanging witness statements. I have a meticulous nature coupled with being a born worrier, and there's something that just keeps on bothering me. Hopefully someone can help, or at least give me the view of a…
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Holiday Pay..
Hi There, I Work for a Local recruitment agency.. I work a 48 hour week doing continental shifts 12 hour shifts(4 days on 4 days off) I have been informed by other employee's of the agency that I only get paid 40 hours holiday pay for 5 days only.. Surely this isn't right as I only 4 days working a 48 hour week.. Should I…
