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Confused re ET Claim Timing
Hi, I am contemplating complaining to an ET about my previous employer for two reasons: 1) they have not paid me what they owe me and 2) I felt I had no option other than to resign due to the way they treated me and the conditions under which I was expected to work. They also wanted to change my contract meaning that I…
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Accepting job offers or holding out for a better offer?!
Hi all, thanks in advance for any advice/guidance. I'm currently claiming job seekers allowance, and I hope to find work soon. I have an interview for a low-paid position next week that I think I stand a fair chance of getting. However I have an interview for a MUCH better paid job the week after, which I think I would…
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Can you be sacked for no reason?
Hi All, I have a friend, who is aged 76, who has worked in a company for over 10 years now as a "casual worker". The company has recently been overtaken by a new company, so my questions are: 1) What rights does a "casual worker" have? Do they have the same rights as a full time worker? 2) Can they be sacked due to their…
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Paye?
Hi I started a new job in September and am very confused with regards to the tax I'm paying. The tax codes keep changing even though my P45 was sent in the first week of work. How much tax should I pay on £10392? I've used the online calculators but they vary, and as my tax code keeps varying it's hard to know for sure.…
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£1bn scheme will 'provide hope' to young jobless
Yet more lip service from the Conservative Liberal evil alliance. The incentive is already there, what with minimum wage being lower - there and open for abuse by all companies, including Maccy D's etc. So age discrimination is legal. Will there be any help for other under-privileged groups, or is it, like usual, all about…
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The most bizarre interview ever?
A couple of months ago I was invited to interview for a role with a leisure company. The role was to be based in their Midlands office but I was asked to travel to another office Wimbledon for the interview since that was where the hiring manager was on the day. Wimbledon was being dug up at the time and after crawling…
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AAT course
Hi, I have been looking at a change of career and would like to do a AAT level 2 course for accountancy. I have looked at all different ones online but was wondering if anyone had any recommendations? Kaplan seems reasonable, I'm not necessarily looking to find a cheaper one but just want to make sure I'm not going to get…
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Signing Off Jobseekers allowence
I recently ended a claim for jobseekers allowence after successfully finding myself a job after claiming for 6 weeks. I ended the claim on the 17th November after sending my signing off form in the post on the 10th (One day before my signing on appointment, Which i couldn't attend due to having 2 interviews on the friday),…
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How long to keep payslips?
I've been trying to do a paper dejunk (credit card, bank statements) and will be shredding a load. I'm keeping 5 years bank statements and all my P60s, but how many year's payslips do people keep? I want to get rid of as much as possible, but can't really work out whether to keep a couple of years or 5!
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Waiting for JSA confirmation
does anyone know roughly how long it takes to get confirmation of whether your application to claim JSA has been accepted? on the first of the month I applied online. 11th of the month I went to an appiontment at my local JCP, and then had to fill out a paper application because they couldn't access all of my online…
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Pay slips
Is anyone else annoyed when the common thing now is to give you pay slips which dont list your hours per week or even hours in total etc but just give a income figure making it almost impossible to check if you have been credited for the correct hours/rate? As a xmas temp a breakdown is CRUCIAL in order to ascertain if…
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How to resign while on long term sick leave
I have been off work for some months no with no chance of return in the foreseeable future. My firm have stopped paying SSP now, they are starting to go down the dismissal for being medically unfit road. I have just found out I am not entitled to any ESA cont or inc. so I may as well resign, I can't see any benefit…
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how long is reasonable to wait for a reply
Currently off sick and having problems with my pay. HR passed me to Finance who passed me to HR. I spoke with my line manager and asked if she could try and help, who emailed me to say she has to forward it to our head office and someone would be in touch with me. No reply as yet. Should I wait until a week has gone? My…
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Working links partner
Morning all! I don't know if this is in the right place for this subject but I'll tell you the story: I was at the working links partner yesterday applying for jobs. I got a phone call about a job in erskine which is about an hour away by public transport. One of the bosses down there heard me declining an interview as it…
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How much do I earn per hour?
Hi, Please please can someone help me settle a dispute- My employer pays us a 'basic salary' of £1675 gross per month. This multiplied by 12 is £20100. Surely this means that our annual salary is £20100? By the same token, 20100 divide by 52 equalls 386. So 386 divide by 40 (hours) is 9.66 so is our pay per hour £9.66? And…
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Stuck in a massive rut. Some really good advice would be useful.
Hi I'm in a pickle. I've been out of work over a year now after walking out the door from my last job due to massive spat over working conditions. Before reading any further, I think its probably a good idea for me to tell you why I walked - hopefully some of you will understand. I worked for a PPC (Private Parking…
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Flexible working
hi, just trying to find out my rights with regards to flexible working. I currently have a flexible working agreement with my employer and have been working the hours i requested for little over a year. i put my flexi request in after having my second child and currently work 16hrs a week. I have just recieved notification…
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how do i find out about claiming for laundry of uniforms, and reclaiming for shoes bo
i know there is something regarding people in the health profession along with a few other that can reclaim expenses of laundering your own uniform and buying tights and shoes but can not find the original forum on here, can any one help me with this
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I'm so depressed I can't even cry anymore.......
Today was the first day back after a bout of diarrhoea. I work in a hospital so I had to be clear for 48 hours before I could start back to work again. No more microwave chicken dinners for me. I've come home to find a letter dated November 22nd, posted to me from my new Section Leader, telling me that I have "breeched"…
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Is this discrimination?
I complained to my HR manger about something my line manger did/said.
