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Interview cancelled after I purchased a rail ticket..
A couple of weeks ago I was invited to attend an interview for a training scheme with the National Skills Academy due to be held yesterday. I waited for confirmation of times before booking my train to London and had to choose Advance non-refundable tickets so that I would be within the £50 reimbursable limit stipulated by…
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Anyone Studied/Studying CIMA?
My work have agreed to pay for me to go to the taught lessons and revision lessons for modules P1 and F1. The taught lessons don't start until around 3 1/2 months before the exam, this is when I will receive my "study materials". Does anyone have any idea whether this will be sufficient time to do this? Specially…
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Career Prospects at Sainsburys?
What are the opportunities for promotion like at Sainsburys? Although I'm quite happy to apply for their entry level jobs, I'd like to move up eventually. Is it something that they encourage??? I'd be interested to hear your views on that pls. Cheers
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Sick/fit notes, ESA and employers advice please
I have been signed off work by my GP for some months now. My entitlement to SSP has run out last week and I have applied for ESA sending off my most recent sicknote two days ago. I took a copy of it for my employer. They are saying they need the original and I shouldn't have sent it to the DWP and that if I don't get it…
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Can I request to leave early when being made redundant?
Hi everyone, About a month or two ago the entire team was told that their positions where insecure and could be made redundant, after which we was all taken in one-by-one and told of positions that will be available in the new year should we wish to apply. I decided to take redundancy and my finish date was set to the 31st…
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Working while on holiday.
Hi A friend of mine at work has been off on holiday last week. While he wa off work he helped a friend of his family with a bit of work. This wasn't for cash or anything. But where he was his boss from his main job saw him and has now threatened him that he might lose his job. Now can he do this. If not could anyone point…
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if you could earn 4 years earnings in 6 months
but theres a catch youve got to give up your current job and the bigger catch is youve got to spend the next 6 months in afganistan would you? i had a phonecall last night from an old friend whos heading out there next week and the firm hes working for is looking for more people and hes said he will put in a good word for…
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Change of shift stopping access to child
Hi all, I'm new to this section. My husband has a 9 year old daughter, until last October he had her every weekend, as his shift was monday to Friday. He was asked in Oct last year to move to 4 on 4 off shift (long days). It was to be for 6 months to help the company out of a quiet time. My husband negociated a changed…
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Contract renewal after 1st year of employment
I am due to complete my 1st year at my current firm (in 6 days time). But have had a meeting with my boss today, who has told me that "it is not working out". My Contract of Employment says after written confirmation of completion of probation I will be on 3 months notice (both ways). My 6 month probation period was…
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Is it legal to Blacklist Agency Staff?
Asking for a Friend of mine, are Agencies allowed to contact other Agencies and basically Blacklist someone, My friend was a Forklift Driver at 1 Agency but because he didnt pass his Test ( he has both Valid Licenses, but never passed the Entry Forklift Test, that all new Employees do) so they have blacklisted him.
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Employer asking for birth cert
Hi all, looking for some advice. My husband has come home from work today and said they've all been asked to bring their birth certificates or passports into work to be copied and kept on file, as they have consulted with their lawyers and its to do with companies employing illegal people. If immigration should turn up,…
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1st Job - Tax etc.
DD has been offered a seasonal job at Asda (A lot of Asda threads about today!) She is 17 and still at college (so I get CB and CTC for her still). This is her first job, so she will not yet have an old P45 etc to hand in. She won't be doing enough hours (22 a week - 15 at college) to pay tax on etc, but she just needs to…
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Case Management terminology
Hi, Thanks for all the advice so far. I'm filling out a case management agenda document in terms of my case - unfair dismissal as a result of incorrect employment status. I'm not sure what the following mean but I'm supposed to answer where possible:- Are there any other disclosure requirements? Is this where I ask them to…
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Restrictions on job applications...
Over the last 18 months, i have twice been offered jobs sunject to references and had them withdraw - the first one because the company i worked for did not give personal references and the second was due to unsatisfactory references, which i know to not be the case. The first company that withdrew the offer, later…
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Continuation of employment query
Hi all, Last year (2010) the company I had worked for went into liquidation. However the managers had started a new company and that new company took over our employment. We were then given a P45 about two months before april, then given a P60 at the end of the financial year and told we had continuation of employment. Is…
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Case Management terminology
Hi, Thanks for all the advice so far. I'm filling out a case management agenda document in terms of my case - unfair dismissal as a result of incorrect employment status. I'm not sure what the following mean but I'm supposed to answer where possible:- Are there any other disclosure requirements? Is this where I ask them to…
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Advice for friend (employer lied about his leaving)
Need some advice for a rather difficult situation my friend finds themselves in. Basically they were doing a 1 month temporary work trial position in a warehouse, picking orders, dispatch etc. Anyway my friend had made a few errors on occassions and it led to a bit of a argument bit of an argument between the boss and my…
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Help injured at work. Company has no liability insurance
i was injured at work 6 weeks ago and fractured my finger and knuckle, i was told by hospital that ill require a operation and may be unable to work for six months.also found out that company has no insurance and has since gone into liquadation but has reopened using a different name.i have received redundancy off…
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Sat here in tears at the thought of work...
I've been bullied by my supervisor for about two years now,but unfortunately its the drip,drip sort and so hard to prove and in any case even if I did go higher and put in a grievance she's blackened my name with the department manager who thinks she can do no wrong........... I had a (yet another)job interview today and…
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SICK PAY..is my wife entitled to any.
hi all my wife has worked for her company for 20 years and its only ever been part time from 9 hrs to 15 hrs a week..She is due to go in hospital shortly and have a big back operation...is she entitled to sick pay.........thanks
