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Maternity Leave and Bonus Payments
[FONT="]A friend of mine earns a bonus each month which is paid into the following month’s wages; in other words, it is paid in arrears. [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]She is due to go on maternity leave at the end of July, but has been told that because she will not be working at the end of August, she is…
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Union Help
My partner works for our local MBC she wasn't a member of a union but recently has been enduring bullying at work by her manager. She has joined the biggest Union only to be told after a few weeks of joining that she is not entitled to assistance from them as the issues happened before she joined. Is this correct and if so…
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Claiming JSA after education
My partner has just finished a year long college course and has tried to claim JSA while she is looking for a job. Her claim has been rejected, she phoned up and asked why and they said you can't claim after leaving education. She is 25 years old. Does anyone know if this is correct or what she can do?
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At Home Training/ Courses
Hi All I'm currently in receipt of ESA (unemployed due to illness), I am however wanting to know whether I can do any sort of training/ courses from home that don't cost anything to do. I'd like to show potential employers in the future that although I've been out of work for a couple of years I've not been sitting on my…
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Can you actually work upto 16 hours a week and claim
Incapactiy or/and disability allowance without ANY deductions from his allowance. Apparantly, he will have to pay 30 quid tax credits, but gets to get the remaining amount he works for (16 hours pay minus £30). My friend says he's doing it, but is this even legal? If so the system is messed up.
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Advice needed please about meeting about being off sick
Hi, hoping someone can pass on some advice. I have been working in my current job since October (25 hours a week) but not long after that a personal health problem I have been suffering from for the past 4 years started to become worse, it became so bad in mid April that I was signed off sick and have been since. As well…
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Working from home..getting to me.
Hi everybody I have posted here multiple times before. In my job there are massive highs and big lows. I feel very privileged to be in a job like mine at the age of 23 - I earn £28k a yr, all expenses paid, £4.2k a yr pension but work from home. The job is quite prestigious in the fact that I work directly to the CEO, get…
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Jobseeker advice please
My brother-in-law lost his job through redundancy a few months back and has been on JSA ever since. His partner is currently six months pregnant with their third child and she works part-time (16 hrs). My brother-in-law would like to a college course to retrain for a good job. The Jobcentre has told him he must go to work…
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Hours reduction & pay reduction
Thread Stats Views: 48 W W Factor Coming Soon... Share This Thread: [URL="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3350398 [/URL] [URL="http://twitter.com/?status=https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3350398 [/URL] Hi, hoping for some help here. I just manage to work…
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Agencies that don't listen
I really hate it when agencies don't listen. Last week I applied for a job advertised by an agency. I had a phone call back asking if I could attend an interview any time the following week. I told them due to my current secondment, I was only available on Friday, so they emailed me back last Friday (at 5:30 just as they…
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Job offer retracted
I applied for a care job and at interview I disclosed an assault charge 2 years ago that was admonished, Anyways I was successful at interview and received an offer of employment in writing. However 2 months later when my pvg disclosure arrived confirming exactly that charge I previously disclosed the Human Resources dept…
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Application Form Help - Meeting of Requirements
I'm in the middle of filling out an online application form for a job that I meet all of the requirements of, bar one. I'm applying anyway as the worst that can happen is I'm rejected. Anyway, as it's an application form it has a section of four questions (you know the type), the first being to demonstrate how you meet the…
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Security Clearance - overdraft
Hi, I'm trying to get a job at the moment that needs you to have security clearance. I noticed on one of the forms I filled out that it said something about financial responsibility (or something like that). Anyway I was wondering if me being in my overdraft could affect my chances??
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Grants for A SIA License.
Hi All, I am currently claim JSA and have been since April 2011 after being made redundant. I have a good family friend in the security business that can guarantee me at least 20 hours work a week. but I would need my basic SIA license. Is there any government grants or external grants that would be able to pay for this…
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What prospective new employers are asking for
I've applied for an admin position, through an agency, that will be paying just over £14k a year. As part of the application process, I have already had a telephone interview (with a competency based question thrown in), a numerical test and an english test. I got through that bit okay and now I have an assessment centre…
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Cut in pay
Hi I am General Manager for a company. I have been in that position for three years. I report to the MD who is the owner of the company. I run the business on a daily basis as the MD is semi-retired and comes to work one day a week. He has now said to me that as the company is not making the amount of money that he thinks…
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Statement of Loss- (Tribunal)
Hi there, After trying A LOT to get hold of my ACAS case manager to no avail, I am wanting some help. I need to produce a 'Statement of Loss' to the Respondent this week reagrding my ongoing tribunal. At a PHR, the Judge thoiught that a sex dscrimination case was just and equitable to pursue, even though I was grossly out…
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help confused about holiday hours
hello people i need sum help on my holiday hours from work i work 39 hours a week and entitled to 257.40 hours holiday wat im confused about is what this works out as in weeks and days i can take as my manager cant be botherd to explain any help wud be appreciated thnx
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Overpaid By Last Job, What To Do?
Hi all, I changed jobs around two months ago now and just a couple of days ago my previous job paid me again, I assume its a mistake and have contacted them but where do I stand with it, can I keep the money as its there mistake or can they make me give it back as I shouldnt of got it? Any help is much appreiciated :]
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Pre Job being advertised .......
About 2 years ago I posted on here how I had been suspended from my job at that time on a gross misconduct charge.(The charge was that I hadn't banked some cheques received) The charge was upheld (I admitted it as there was no way it could be denied,lol) and although I took it to appeal, I knew it was just a formality and…
