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Tax advice on my potential 2nd job please.
Hi All, I currently work for the NHS on a zero hours contract. I am starting a new job mid Oct for a different NHS trust with permanent hours. :j It is possible for me to start this new job without terminating my current contract, and continue doing some shifts in my current role, on an ad hoc basis. My query is related to…
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"Selection Event" - Halifax, advice please!
I have been asked to select an appropriate time out of three/four different time slots on one date to attend a selection event. I am wondering whether this is a group interview as it is 2 hours long and they called it a selection event? I don't really mind if it is, I can just prepare a little more appropriately if I knew…
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Disability on CV
I'm chatting with an unemployed acquaintance of mine who has a somewhat minor disability. [It mostly affects his stamina so he can't spend all day on his feet.] He tells me that he has put the disability on his CV, having been told to by a couple of agencies. I disagreed with this, thinking that he only needed to tell…
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How to become private Russian teacher?
I'd like to earn some extra income by doing some Russian tutoring. I'm fluent in English but it is my second language. I'd love to work with kids but I'm not sure if I can or what qualifications do I have to have. I have BA (Hons) in marketing but I'm not sure if this will be good enough. So really I just need to know…
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Administrator Roles - Always Secretarial?
I sometimes see jobs for "administrators" that at first glance I think I could do but I'm a little confused as to what they are actually looking for. Would I be correct in saying that an administrator job is normally always a secretary with associated typing duties? That would be a definite "no" for me as I am a two fat…
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Dismissed from job - can I appeal against unfair dismissal?
Hi Folks I recently started my full time office job - 6 weeks ago, and I have been dismissed today. They did give me a contract which I signed. The reason they gave for dismissal was that they thought I was not good enough to do the job effectively, although the manager who I was working for, and who was the one who…
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Problem with ex-employer - re: unpaid wage and holiday pay.
My husband and myself worked for the same employer until 2 weeks when we gave the required 1 week notice - our last working day was last Friday 23rd. On that day we were both given our wages and wage slips - my husband was salaried, I paid hourly. On the wage slips it stated that we both still had remaining holiday time -…
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repayment of overpaid wages
I have been overpaid for 6 months, despite mentioning it twice. Anyway, I have put the money away and I have been waiting for the day when they ask for it back. They have now done so but their figures do not match mine. I have now worked out that their figures are the amount before tax and NI. I was overpaid but was still…
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Agency Workers/New Rights/Regulation 10 Swedish Derogation
just had a meeting with our Agency. The bones are... "We are opting out of the Agency Workers Regulation, using the Swedish Regulation 10" So much for the same rights/pay. Yes we get mminimum hours (15), and some other bits, but same pay/NO WAY. Just the same as now, except they are taking away 1/2 hour paid lunch break.…
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Working out holiday pay when hours increase
I took on a new employee in January this year. From early January until mid-August he worked 4.5 days per week. In mid-August his hours increased to 5.5 days per week. How do I work out his holiday allowance for the year? I've tried to do it using the Business Link calculator but must be doing it wrong because I end up…
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Employment agencies and re-re-re-registrations
This has been driving me insane for a long while and if I don't get to the bottom of it soon I think my head is going to implode. What is it with agencies trying to get you to visit their offices when you're already registered with them and have worked for them in the past? They've already confirmed your eligibility to…
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Discloure Scotland
I have been approached about work in Scotland. A few years back the same work would have involved no criminal record check (maybe in the background before offering a job) but now agencies insist that you as a candidate spend £23 or more getting Discloure Scotland. Now my first question is why? I know there is a criminal…
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Cons of having 2 or more part time jobs?
I've been unemployed for a few months and I'm desperate to go back to work. The problem is: I can't find a suitable full time job, so, I'm thinking about getting 2 or more part time jobs (call centre, supermarket, admin, shops, etc). The advantage would be that I would have more variety, learn different skills and make…
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bit of a quandry
I've not long started a new job so of course joining the company mid year means that I have very limited paid holiday and the holiday that I do have has already been accounted for with a Christmas trip. My problem now is that a family member has booked a wedding on a weekday (it was supposed to be next year but brought…
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Suspended from work.
I work for an agency & was last night informed that I had been suspended for stealing. On Wednesday night I went into the canteen to find that the vending machine that gives out burgers was broke. The front of the machine had completely gone (there was no smashed glass, so the gaffers must of been aware that the machine…
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Holidays Entitled to but not paid for
My other half has left a job where to be frank, his employer has been erm.., dishonest at every opportunity. Working for him has been a total nightmare. Its a small garage. He has only been given payslips showing net amount paid (no gross amount/deductions not shown) etc. Apparently according to the tax office, this is…
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Is it possible to study full-time and work full-time?
I was thinking how I would cope financially when I go to college next year and have to move out because of my employment, of which I do not want to lose, moves 22 miles away. As I work in care full-time means 3 x 14 hour shifts per week. College is also 3 days per week. Would it be possible, if I spoke to my employer about…
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Debenhams Assessment and Interview
Hi, I passed a telephone interview on Tuesday and I'm going to the 2 hour assessment day at the Stockport store Saturday (tomorrow) I've tried researching what to expect on the day and It's just made me even more nervous, public speaking isn't something I'm comfortable with. Has anyone had an assessment day at Debenhams…
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Employed AND self-emplyed?
Hi Can a person be in full time contractual employment by company A and claim to be self-employed or employed by company B (not VAT registered, which he owns) and provide services to company A?
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Sisters new job - Alarm bells ringing
My 17 year old sister has recently started working for a call centre (outbound sales) which on the face of it seemed ok, in reality however, I am getting a bit concerned. 1 - she has been told she will be self employed but doesn't need to do anything as she won't be earning enough to pay tax. I would have thought she would…