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Work funded higher eduction
Evening all, I work in the civil service and three years ago I started a degree which has been funded by the government agency I work for. Despite graduating now the chance of a promotion is still minimal due to cut backs, and at times working there has become unbearable. In the rules of my employment it states that if I…
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Holiday pay question.
Hi, I have been working through an agency and am in my thirteenth week and will be taken on permanently next week. My colleague was a week ahead of me and has just been taken on. He has two weeks booked off in August and HR have just dropped the bombshell that he will not be paid for them as he has not accrued any days.I…
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Tax Error
Hi, Need a little bit of advice. Completed some extra work in the 09-10 tax year for my employer. Employer failed to pay for extra work in timely manner - company has paid for parts of work completed at various points since original date. Tax has been paid on all funds received. I was not a taxpayer in the 09/10 tax year…
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Want a break and to work abroad
no qualifications,where should i go!
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Hours of work/Holiday pay?
Hi guys, I'll make this as short and sweet as I can. I work in a small factory with 17 others and most have worked there between 10 & 20 years. We work 39 hrs a week, Mon-Fri. Nine weeks ago our Manager calls a meeting, on a Monday morning and tells us that there will be no work for us on Fridays for the coming weeks or…
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Self Employment and Training
Hi All, I am currently self employed and bill a daily rate. This company want me to undertake training at their premises to enhance my worth at a cost to them not me (I get it for free). Does anyone know If I can still charge them my daily rate whilst I am being trained by them? John
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Does purchasing a course have the same rights as purchasing an item?
Hi all just after some quick advice if poss? I purchased a course, I was having trouble getting work as current climate etc.... So I thought I would retrain, I borrowed money from a friend and started a at home course. The company says to study at your convience etc... Well I studied and sent work off and had to cancel my…
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Interview Question about Prioritising Workload
I got asked recently, in an interview, the following: If both of your managers gave you work that they said was a priority, whose work would you prioritise and how would you go about this? (bearing in mind, you have to choose one over the other, due to time constraints, etc.) How would you answer?
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National Insurance
hi everyone, Don't really think this is the correct board but cannot find a more suitable one. I am moving over to England in a month or so with my Spanish partner. Can anyone tell me how to register for a NI number? Also here in Spain I applied for residency, does she have to do the same in England? Thanks, Steve.
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Career Change-what will my experience enable me to do?
My temporary contract comes to an end next week, and I'm having huge problems even finding relevant jobs to apply for with my experience/level. So i think I need to start thinking more laterally and looking at what else I might be able to do. Looking for any ideas, as i have whole list of things I don't really want to do,…
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Awkward JSA situation
Hi guys, got a bit of a fiddle with my jobseekers situation. Haven't had a meeting in the past 2 weeks and i was supposed to have it this week, but it has been pushed back to next week. The issue is, i have now gained employment starting tomorrow (Tuesday) and AFAIK i need to sign on (to get my past 2 weeks payment) and…
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How to get Gardening Leave
Hi, I hope someone can advise me on the Issue of Gardening Leave. I am about to hand my notice in to my company to join its main rival. My Role is Customer facing and although not part of a sales team I am responsible for signing up our customers to outsource area's of there business to us. My new role is very similar and…
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When does the working day start?
Hi I work in a call centre on shifts - on earlies we have to be at our desks at 8.45 (15 minutes before the phones open up) to get our workstations powered up ready to take calls at 9.00. We are paid for this time as its part of the shift pattern 8.45 -16.45 However later shift - i.e. 10-18.00hrs are expected to arrive…
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cut my hours and take on new staff
having just had one weeks holiday from work the first in the three and a half years in this employment my boss informs me that because she found it too stressful to cover my job herself ( I am a cook and the service was very stressful for her) she would now be looking for another cook. No problem with this if the new cook…
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What happens when you sign on for the first time?
My current work contract hasn't been renewed so im looking at signing on in the later part of this week. Ive never done this before and was wondering when happens after ive filled the online form in? And what happens in my first visit to the job centre. Thanks for anyone who can help :)
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Completing Jobseekers Form ES4JP
I am after any advice on how to fill in the ES4JP log form correctly. First time I have ever had to apply for this and don't understand what I should be writing in. The columns are: What I did Date - easy enough What Happened What I will do next When Any examples per section greatly appreciated.
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Annual leave - is this right?
Hi, can someone just quickly confirm this for me? My employer has worked out my annual paid leave at 17 days a year. I just want to check this is right as he isn't the greatest of employers! I work 3 days a week, 2 days 10-8pm and one day 10-5pm. I have to take bank holidays off, and these have to be taken as paid holiday.…
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Working over Summer school holidays?
Hello! I work as a teaching assistant in a local school. I don't have a contract and so fill in time sheets every month. Hopefully I will be back in September and they're looking at giving me a contract, although I can't really rely on this until it happens. I've been looking at other TA jobs and have applied and been…
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leaving job, what happens to holiday left?
Hi all, My DH is thinking about leaving his current job, but he has around 10 days holiday left, what happens to this when he leaves? TIA
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Serious advice needed about benefits, no judgements please.
Hi everyone, i registered this morning very specifically to get some advice. I am 38, female, single, no kids and i have never claimed benefits not once in my entire life. I have been in the same job for 12 years now and im having some real problems, i am bullied, spoken to like crap, left out of vital meetings because my…
