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Grievance letter for paysilps
Hi Guys I am trying to write a grievance letter to request my paysilps for October and November 2011. Does anyone know where I can find a template for this ?
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Accounting Jobs
Hey, If you have an accounts job how did you get it without experience. I started AAT 12 years ago did level2 then part of 3 but found i could never get a job with it. Sadly i left the course for a higher paid admin job. I want to get back into it but want the job first before i pay all the money out again for study. So im…
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Should it all be about the money?
Hi everyone I've got a bit of a dilemma on my hands, I've got a stable job working in the voluntary sector earning in the region of 30k. I've been called by a recruiter for an international company urging me to apply for a job based in London. Currently in Scotland. Obviously there's no guarantee of me getting the job, but…
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credit card help
Hiya I have just been provisionally offered a job with a bank subjecgt to credit search. Slightly worried as have had problems wiht mail over the last few months and have missed several payments. After contacting the companies and royal main decided to pay the cards off to stop any further problems. I have a morg and loan…
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Self Employment and benefits help please!!
Hiya peeps. I was looking for some advice if possible, My husband was laid off in march when i was on maternity leave, and when i went back to work they announced that they were making redundancies and i decided to start looking for a new job. I found a job in a salon as a nail technician which is my trade, and i got laid…
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short time working
Hi, My wife has been working for the same employer for 2 years 10 months after been headhunted. In April of this year she was put on short time, hours reduced from 37 to 20, and still is on short time. Her employer has informed her she now has lost a substantial amount of paid holiday entitlement and will have holidays on…
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short time/holiday entitlement
Hi, My wife has been working for the same employer for 2 years 10 months after been headhunted. In April of this year she was put on short time, hours reduced from 37 to 20, and still is on short time. Her employer has informed her she now has lost a substantial amount of paid holiday entitlement and will have holidays on…
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Unfair contact of employment term? Mileage to temporary workplace
I put this post below on the 'Cutting Tax' forum and got a couple of helpful replies but it was recommended I poste elsewhere the the employment law query. I am an employee and my employer recently revised its travel and subsistence scheme. This has introduced the idea of ‘notional Home to Work deduction.’ which the scheme…
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training / copyright issue
If I pay for a training course, then find that all the materials in that course is copyrighted to another company, so the company I bought from is selling something that is nor theirs to sell - where does that leave me? Can I ask for a full refund? (over £3,000 - and it was not a learn at home course, it was mainly…
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really struggling with unemployment, desperate for a job
Not sure why I'm posting this because I feel like I've t ried everything already. I completed a teacher training course in june. Since then, I have had 15 interviews (at two of them, there was only one other candidate) and I can't get the job. I keep getting told in my feedback that I look nervous. I take that feedback in…
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My experience claiming jsa & getting a job
At the time of claiming I had been a 25 years old male, graduated with a 2:1 in a general business degree, a pass in a masters degree in management, and have utterly no previous work experience. I went to claim jsa benefits for the first time. A year later and I still haven't been able to secure a job despite applying over…
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Pizza delivery man woes
Hi all, My boyfriend just got a job after claiming Jobseekers allowance and housing benefit for roughly 4 weeks after he was laid off from his previous job. His new job is a pizza delivery man for Dominos, its rubbish pay at £6.11 (In south London) and its only 20 hours a week, barely enough for his rent and bills let…
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any nhs nurses on here?
hi all i've not posted for a long time but lurk all over the forums. are there are any nhs nurses on here? i have an interview coming up and wanted some advice tia :beer:
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Redundancy threat but also new job offer
Hi all, Here is the situation I face: I currently work for the local Council and have done since July 2002, so would have reached 10 years service next year. I work full time and work 36 1/4 hours a week, and having passed 5 years long service get 28 days holiday alowance (excluding Bank Holidays). I earn just over £16,000…
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Work problems making partner ill
Hi I'm writing on behalf of my partner as he is currently in a very dark place at the moment (not literally lol). He works for a large national garage and his manager is causing him problems. He has been with the organisation for nearly 10 years and feels he isn't progressing. His centre manager was away on holiday so the…
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need help on my work
Hi, I wondered if any one can help me, I am so so upset and dont know what to do. Suffice to say my manager and I had very frank supervision the week berfore I got ill. I simply asked if I would ever be promoted for the extra work I had done. The firm is IIP silver and really into reward and recognition. My manager was…
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Company refusing to pay me as "Self Employed"
I have done some IT work for a company recently. When I finished, I said I would invoice them for the work. They asked if I was a limited company. I said no, I was self employed. They said they could only pay me if I was: - a Limited Company - or if they put me on their payroll as an employee. I don't see why they can't…
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Why do HR Departments do this?
Could anyone tell me what is the thinking behind companies not telling you what the salary is for the job you are applying for? I have been applying for job but need a 'minimum' amount or it is not worth my while applying. Companies seem to be very secret squirrel about what their salary amounts are. I have even asked what…
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Hospital bank work
Hi, I'm a student nurse and have just been interviewed for a position on their nurse bank list to cover shifts at short notice. I'm not doing this purely just for the money, also for the experience as nursing jobs in secure services are hard to come by where I live so I want to get my foot in the door as a support worker,…
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Am I classed as unemployed?
Hi, I am not working at the moment from my own will and not claiming any benefits, am I still classed as unemployed? This is mainly for getting a quotes for insurance, applying for a credit card etc where they have the employment status field.