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Outstanding Wages + Holiday Entitlement
Please help! :( In a nutshell I walked out of my job on the 27th November and haven't been back since. My employer suspended me on full pay and arranged a disciplinary meeting for the 1st December but I did not attend. They re-arranged the meeting for the 5th December but again I did not attend. I received confirmation of…
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What do you think of the UK education system?
This Facebook Poll looks at how other countries might see our education system, based on the rising costs etc. http://apps.facebook.com/opinionpolls/poll?pid=AB7fJ8Q53fE
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New business but unemployed - questions!
Hi, I have been recieving benefits due to illness for over 15 years now, they are really putting the pressure on to work now but because I can't my family are helping put some money together to start an ebay shop, hopefully I will be able to cope, as it is from home I am really hoping it will be ok. Anyhoo - Who do I need…
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Are everyone entitled to bank+public holidays?
I'm just taking over the holiday rota and ensuring that everyone's calculations are correct. I have a colleague who starts 1st Jan 2012 and will work Tues-Fri on 30 hours. He was doing 6 hours a day across 5 days previous. My question is, as he will not work Mondays, is he still entitled to them? If so, does he get an…
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Still paid less despite AWR- legal?
Hi, I posted this in another thread but as the title wasn't similar and it may apply to many workers I thought I'd make a new thread: Hi I need a bit of clarity on something I can't find a definitive answer to through googling. I work for *** as a temp working project coordinator. My pay is £8.28 per hour minus a £1 per…
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scammed?? Urgent help please
My niece who is jobhunting has been contacted by a company called Management Planning Group "Management Planning Group LTD registered office 55 Wall St, New York, NY 10005 are authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Company is registered in USA with company registration number 75981236. Our company is…
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Holiday leave when on phased return
I am currently working a phased return to work due to a injury at work. I have an operation date of end of January. I have 11 days holiday to take before end of March. I have been told to take these days before my operation. If i am working 3 days a week to take a week off do i use 5 days or 3? I have been told by one…
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GCSE Grade A* ~ C to include Math and English
This essential criterion is popping up more and more nowadays. Now it would appear to me that, on the face of it, this may be age discrimination, be it indirectly if no equivalents are acceptable for the time before GCSEs, for those persons above a certain age; but, what if the candidate is young enough to have sat GCSEs…
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Do I need to officially form as a company or sole trader?
I'm thinking I don't want to be done for tax fraud or anything. I'm 16 and a student at sixth form studying my A levels. I have started advertising for clients and other company to become affiliated to me. I estimate that this business could make me around £3000 a year only, which I noticed was below the income threshold…
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Lost job on 22nd of December
Hey I had a temporary job up to christmas. Hoped they might keep me on after but didn't. Could I apply for Job seekers allowance tomorro I think the offices re-open then. Or is it best to wait til after New Years?
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Annual Leave
I've searched the net but can't find anything. I've worked in my current location since January 2011 (been with company for 3 years in April). My contract is scheduled to end on the 30th September but I need to know how much annual leave I'll get. Will it be the full 28 days or will it be less as it's not the full year? My…
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Should I take my pay dispute to Tribunal or County Court?
I am currently employed by an NHS Trust. In September 2008 I changed careers and joined them to re-train in a specialist profession. The contract I signed said I would be paid 65% of the top spine point in pay band 5 in year 1, 70% in year 2 and 75 % in year 3. On qualification I would then be paid spine point 17 of pay…
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Application Forms / References
Hi, I have to provide contact details for 3 referees on a job application form that I'm currently filling in. I am reluctant to provide any referees based at my current place of work just incase it gets back to my my manager that I'm looking to escape but have put the name of a colleague who I think I can trust. As I work…
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Which Union to join?
My husband works for a large, international, privately owned (I think!). He is a Data Centre Engineer. I am getting bad vibes from some things that have happened to him over the last 6 months or so, and getting bad vibes from some things he's been telling me today. I feel he really ought to be in a union, as I suspect he…
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Strange strange organisation
It's me again. I know I need to grow up and leave the organisation but something is stopping me from doing it - maybe fear of bad climate out there etc. Basically, I just cannot handle the strange things that I have to do in my job. It's a team of 5 and I would say I play quite a pivotal role. I've slept over at the bosses…
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Company restructure
I really need your help. My husband works for a large retail organisation in their warehouse. He currently has the job title Operations Support Manager, a 'level10' management position within the co. The co. want to get rid of this position and downgrade him to 'level8', which has a huge impact on his salary and benefits.…
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Advice regarding maternity pay
I started employment at the beginning of October on a temporary contract. Myself, along with a few others have just been told out employment will go to permanent, however on a seasonal basis. We will be given 8 weeks work per year. I'm currently 10 weeks pregnant, and wondering how this will affect my maternity pay? I will…
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23 Applicants per Job
I have just read a report in the Daily Mail saying that there is an average of 23 people going for a vacany and over 40 per customer services vacany, I lost my job last Wednesday (with gardening leave for a month) so was wondering if you had any ideas in which I could stand out from the crowd on the CV application front?
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Unagreed Wage Cut
I've recieved a letter recently to my home address from the company i work for saying that they agreed the wrong amount originally for me to get paid (£22,500), so it will now be reduced to £22,000 a year. I think the £500 extra was due to the fact that i have a degree. Surely this cannot happen without my consent?
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NMW, fast-food delivery,& Recruitment
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) is currently set at £6.08. Can a fast food chain employ a 'delivery' driver at a lower rate per hour, say £4.50, by using the defence that that employee is self-employed and he will get on top of this flat-rate, for every food stuff delivered, £1.50?
