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Google Latitude & Boss
Hello again everyone. This is a bit of an odd one. As I have advised before we have been made redundant and my Unit Boss seems to think that we are just going to stop working, start taking the proverbial or leave before the hand over to the new outsourceing company. He is utterly obsessed when we are being given time away…
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Hours of *work* - what's your view (slightly lighthearted debate)
We had a "heated debate" in the office today, and so I thought I'd ask here and canvass others' opinions. If, for example, your contracted hours are 9.00am to 5.00pm, what time would you expect to be seated at your desk (or place of work) and what time would you expect to leave? I seem to be in the minority in thinking…
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2 jobs tax etc
Hi I currently work at a fast food chain full time, but I am starting a new job full time. I want to go part time at the fast food 1 or 2 shifts a week. Would there be any implications in doing this with tax or anything?
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Opinions required
Good afternoon Everyone, I had a second interview , where I came in 2nd to the person who was successful. The feedback was extremely positive and it seems I was just pipped at the post. My background has been working as office support personnel (admin/reception/PA) mainly in music and for the last 3 years in recruitment.…
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Clarification Please.Carrying over Holiday pay from one year to another due to sick
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Travel expenses
I went to three interviews with a company over the course of a month. I have now found out that they never had a role for me in the first place and were hoping to find a role for me. If I had been told this in the first place then I would have never went to three interviews. The company are now refusing to pay the travel…
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Anyone found work with a pregnant bump??
Hi there Just out of curiosity. I am being laid off from my full time job at the end of this month.:( I will by then be approximately 24 weeks pregnant (but look like I am ready to give birth already) :eek:. I do not have a new job to go to but would sincerely like to carry on working. I am going to have to claim benefit…
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registering as self employed
Hey everyone. I'm trying to register as self-employed as is required for the work I'm currently doing. In order for me to register as self employed online, the HMRC site tells me to apply for self assessment. To do this, I need my Unique Taxpayer Reference Number (UTR number) to hand. Everything else i'm reading tells me…
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Any good sites for retail jobs?
I am looking for jobs like sales assistants. Are there any sites that bring them all together on one site instead of looking at lots of different websites.
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Employment / Personal Capcity ?
I'm filling out an application and it's asking for this. Not sure what it means. It asks for most recent employer which I have put down, but underneath says about personal capacity ?
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curriculum vitae
im updating my cv and have a couple of questions regarding references please what if you have worked some place for nine years and can only provide one reference, who do you ask for the second refernece from ? previous employments no longer existant and the only other one still in existance is about fifteen years ago and…
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Job Club. Sorry, "Work Programme".
I'm off to my first 'work programme' session today and have no idea what it's going to be like. Anybody already been along to one? What should I expect?
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temporarily reduced hours / payable holiday?
Hi there, wonder if you can help My employer temporarily reduced my hours, I have 3 hours on my contract, at the moment I have to work 2.5 (temporarily -verbally agreement ), for 2 weeks I'm going on holiday so, how my employer should pay for my payable holiday? 3 or 2.5 hour? please help :(
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Will my chances be less depending on what time I apply for a job?
ie I am often looking for work at 11pm -3 in the morning, as often I cannot sleep however for the jobs that are an online application I normally wait untill the next day to apply as I think it may be looked at badly by the potential employer if I apply in the middle of the night Is there any substance in this? As timewise…
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Freelance part time journalist - what can I claim for?
Evening all, I'm a freelance journalist and I work from home on a part time basis. I have a full time job which I pay tax and NI through in the normal manner and my writing runs alongside this. I'm trying to find out if I will be able to claim tax relief on expenses I incur such as meals, drinks, cinema tickets etc as I…
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Recruiter bashing
The more I read the various threads on how evil the recruitment companies are, the more I want to become a recruiter. The grievances seem to fall into 3 main sections: a: the apparent expensiveness of their service; (relative to the perceived effort required) b: forwarding inappropriate candidates; (when compared to the…
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MAP Allowance - Pretemps
Hi I'm hoping someone can help. I have just started a job through agency Pertemps and have signed up to MAP Allowance (mobile advantage plan - which is an allowance towards travel and meals). The problem is I have tried to explain my new income to WFTC but they have never heard of MAP, even though the Inland Revenue are…
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Who pays my SMP?
Hi everyone You might have read my post last week about my fixed term contract being finished on 22 June. I've had a letter from my ex employees advising they will pay my remaining holidays. I'm owed SMP till November but when I spoke to HR today they said they don't pay it and I have to claim it? Who do I claim it from???…
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company van insurance
Firstly apologies if this is in the worng place. Has anyone had trouble insuring an under 21 year old on company van insurance?, i have heard insurance companies refuse to insure under 21? thanks.
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Dilema please help need to make decision by the morning
Hi All, Need help asap. I had two interviews this week one for a temp role which I excepted. Then had an interview for a role for a years contract. I turned down the 2nd role as I am looking at other roles which is where my heart lies. The job I really want has offered me an interview on the 18th July and I would drop…
