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Agency calls us in then sends us striaght home
Just after a bit of advice about agency work. Been working through a agency at a warehouse for the last few weeks on nights. Yesterday got a phone call at 6pm telling me they didn't need me that night but to come in tomorrow night. Today they rang me again at around 4pm confirming that they needed me in tonight and also…
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Should I try and send a follow up email?
I'm currently not working due to ill health, but recently found a job that I'd love to do, and that the hours suited. I applied, and got a 'thanks but no thanks' email. Tonight I got a random phone call from the interviewer, who asked me a few questions - I was in a car park and very flustered, and don't think I sold…
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Change of career advice please
Hi, this is my first post so hopefully I do it right :D I've been working in sales/customer service for the past 6 years since I left education. I've decided that I'd like to move into the World of I.T, except I have no work experience or formal qualifications in that sector. I have absolutely no idea where to start…
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HELP!!!!! job offer maybe withdrawn....
Hiya all am a newbie here, and am having a few issue with a job offer, and and references from a pervious employer.... am a qualified nurse, and i worked as a staff nurse for 2 year in an a nhs hospital, i left to study a post graduate diploma in health visiting which i finished in september, I have since being offered a…
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Hi! New here...
Hi! New here... I'm Liz, a freelance writer. I am new here and I would like to know and share more with my fellow job seekers. Looking to enjoy, share my ideas and to learn from successful professionals! See you around!
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Maternity rights?
Hello, Can someone help me out please? My friend is pregnant and currently off work sick as she has had terrible "morning" sickness. She has evenbeen hospitalised a few times with hyperemesis. She has a doctor's line for her illness. However, her employer has given her nothing but hassle, she is on sick pay and they have…
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Quite annoyed at my jobcentre adviser
Ok so in May I was laid off by the jobcentre. I have been looking for jobs and applying for everything as well as attending interviews so I've not been 'slacking' Today I saw my adviser who I used to work with but I'm shocked at how he made me feel. When I first made my claim I explained to him that I rely on public…
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Help, partner's firm reducing wages by half!!
Hiya, Need some advice... My partners came home from work Friday 9th Dec with a letter from his employer saying they are reducing his wages by half as of Monday 12th Dec. Meaning he will be going from just over £12 an hour to minimum wage of £6.08 an hour. A little backround, he is a system designer / sales man for a…
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Heating and hot water at work?
We have 3 central heating units and at best only one unit is pushing out hot air. Yesterday we had a engineer who came out and before he even looked said its broke. He knew this because Maplin send him out to check it over every year and he reports it back as broke but Maplin never fix it. He said yesterday that two of the…
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Deductions for non-existent breaks
I am on a zero hour contract for a company who I am currently reluctant to name. I'm sure quite a few of you will probably have heard of it, but not neccessarily everyone. (As far as I'm aware we're now 50% owned by "the bank", not sure which one of that makes any difference) Either way, I've heard quite a few times and…
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Help with deciding on self-employment.
Hi My husband is out of work currently, he is looking, but getting nowhere and is considering going self-employed fixing computers. Has anyone done this, is there a market for it, as we need 24hrs work in order to qualify for tax credits. Advice on how to get started would be fantastic too xxx
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unfair dismissal offer
After taking employer to tribunal for unfair dismissal and disability discrimination the pre hearing showed in our favour the out come could be as much as £15,000 in lost wages and distress we have been told by our cab advisor. The employer came back with out of court settlement of £1,500 and job reinstated how would our…
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Calculating Paid Holiday
Hi, I help to run the local village preschool and have taken over doing the payslips this month. Going through everything, it seems that most of the staff have had their holiday allowance incorrectly calculated. There are 39 weeks in term time, but we don't pay for the 5 inset days (we match the local primary school), so…
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Is my pay correct or are there irregularities?
Hi, I have recently started a new job, and am getting paid weekly. The recruitment agency I am working through are outsourcing their pay to a company called ISS. I am being paid subsistence allowance, or so my payslip says in addition to my wages. However, after adding up the hours I have worked times pay per hour then it…
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short time working probs.
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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Will be overpaid on salary...
FTC ends on Friday, just checked the HR system and someone has made a mistake and salary will be as normal - as in the whole month's worth. Bad enough that they are ending the contract early but now to mess up the final salary.... I've emailed HR and said that although it's very nice, it's wrong and can they correct it…
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Working abroad + Certificate of Residence
Hello there, I'm heading to teach in South Korea in February last year. I was advised by my recruiter to get a Certificate of Residence from the UK, as with it, I can earn for 2 years in Korea tax free. I don't really know what a Certificate of Residence is, nor can see how I can avoid paying tax in BOTH countries for two…
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Urgent help please!
Im a baker by trade Cut a long story short: The top deck on the oven is above head height so i have to stand on a broken plastic stool which will break one day with me on it... Also the shovel i use to get the bread out of the top deck is broke which means i have to lean in the oven and always burn the top of my arms. We…
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Petrol Surcharge for Self Employed
Hi My partner works for a courier company where all the drivers are self employed and own their own vans. We have just found out that the company is charging customers a 9% surcharge for petrol which is fine but......they are only paying the drivers 4%, surely as the company do not own any vehicles the whole of this…
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Career change
Hi all,after thinking about my career for nearly 4/5years I have finally decided what career i want to do :T but need advice from anyone. I want to be an accountant/bookkeeper. Where do i start? I have worked in retail since i was 16 (im now 41) ive been up and down the management ladder in various stores.Im good with…
