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signing off with stress?
i am wondering whether to off work with stress- i don't really want to go into why on here- but i was looking for advice on what i need to do- do i sign myself off? or do i need to go to the drs and them give me something? thanks
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Entry into I.T??
Hey guys I dont have any formal qualifications in I.T but I'd like to get my foot in the door. I am qualified to a degree level in Business Studies. What Insudtry quals do I need to get into Entry Level in I.T 1st Line support? Micro Cert V ITIL. Which is better to start off with?
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VERY intrusive boss in personal life
EDITED due to danger of giving too much info away!
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Bank & Public Holidays
I am being told 1 thing by work and something else by friends so I am just wondering if anyone can help clear this up for me. I started maternity leave from work on the 22nd June 2009 - I used all of my holidays before I started my mat leave and at the time had been told that I would just lose the Bank and Public Holidays…
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Offered a Fixed Term Contract
Hi everyone Don't know if anyone can help but I am currently on income based JSA, and MRIS after being unemployed for 8 months. As you can appreciate money has gotten really tight. I have been offered a 3 month fixed term contract and wondering how this would affect my benefits - it may go into a full time job and I am…
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sick pay whilst suspended urgent response needed b4 tuesday please
Hi all, desperate need advice on situation with my current employer, i am of sick at the moment due to suspension from work in December they mishandled whole thing took 9 weeks for them to make a decision let alone deal with my greivances i raised in November. They want to conduct a home visit on Tuesday as they claim to…
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Does getting a professional email address help in getting a job?
Good Morning folks I have been applying for jobs for quite a while now and also send my cv to employers as and when required. However, on my cv, the email address I have ends in yahoo.com. Do you think it would be worth me changing this to a more professional looking email address, or do you think that is very trivial, and…
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Are Employment Tribunal Decisions Published ?
Hi Folks, Can I ask if anyone knows whether the decisions and awards made by the Employment Tribunals are published on the www ? Thanks :)
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signing on and hols
If you sign on on your normal day say monday and have arranged a hol for the next monday, would you have to declare it? You would be back before your next sign on date. Do you only need to fill in a hol form if the hol clashes with your sign on day?
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Tax worries, 2 jobs, 1 not payroll but never knew.
Hi everyone, Hope someone can help. I work 2 jobs; my second job which I have on a BR tax band is for a large national company. I receive a payslip each month and pay tax on every pound; this is my 2nd job in tax terms. Started employment in august 2008. Everything fine here. My problem is my first job I started in august…
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Resigning
I will need to hand my notice in this month due to me relocating. My collegues know (we all want to leave because its a bad company) and I've tried to sow the seeds with my manager so it's not a big shock. I've been reading resignation letters on google but they all seem a bit nicey nicey and a bit formal. I don't really…
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Where to send my p45?
Hi. This is my first post on here and it's probably a silly question. October 2010 I started 2 part time jobs with 2 different companies. For one job I gave them a P45, the other I filled a P46 in. 1 job ended at the end of march 2011 and the other is still ongoing, but the company i finished with have just sent me a P45,…
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Car Tax - But I work from home
Hi, I have a company car that is made available for private use all year. Because I'm a field engineer, my normal base for work is my home, traveling routinely every Monday to the local area office where I drop off / collect paperwork. A typical day will be, travel from home to a client, then from that client to another…
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Starting new job
Will be starting a new job next week.... JSA stopped paying contributions based money about a week ago, had to put in a new claim. Got £56 last payment nothing since. Am overdrawn at my bank due to bills coming out at the start of the month. Not sure how to budget for the weeks ahead as I still need fuel and food.... Any…
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Tax underpayment – employers fault or mine
Firstly, can people who actually have experience in a situation similar to this or extensive knowledge of the UK tax system please answer this query. The majority of people on this forum are of great help but there is a small minority that enjoy “scare mongering” and I would plead with these people just to ignore this post…
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Salary only 60%!
Please advise. My husband and I work part time for a local authority. Because of a pay roll clerical error, a number of part time staff were not paid for March. When I discovered this, I asked for immediate payment. Payroll was most reluctant to help. Finally, a few days later, two payments were made - both of which were…
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How much to Charge to deliver leaflets
Hi, i was just wondering whats the average pay per leaflet, for leaflet deliveries. About 2 small businesses where i live want leaflets to be delivered, but i'm not sure whats a fair price to ask them for (per leaflet). Thanks!
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Highlands Ability Battery Test
I'm considering taking the Highlands Ability Battery Test as a tool to help me decide on a direction for further training or retraining completely - can anyone comment on its usefulness? Many thanks.
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How long to wait for work from leaflet adverts?
Hi All, Has anyone on this forum got experience and more importantly advice on how long a realistic time is to wait for a job to come through from leaflet distribution? I am a mobile computer engineer and have just pumped out 5,000 leaflets and also just added my details to business directories and so on. I just wondered…
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Should I quit my job?
I've been setting up my own company for the past 12 months whilst working 2 part time jobs (one is 3 days a week at £220/w and one is 2 days a week at £100/w). I'm not in the position where my own company is making about the same each month as my 2 day/w job but I've not really got much time to push things further. So I…
