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Learning disabilities and benefits
I am in need of advice on behalf of my son, aged 20 and with moderate learning difficulties. As an indication of his abilities he has autism, dyspraxia and an IQ of 72. He left college 6 months ago with Level 1 qualifications, the best he is ever likely to achieve. He is claiming JSA with Disability Premium, and seeking…
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Dealing with office prima donna's? HELP
Sorry I deletd this, if anyones interested, see post 9 - and thanks for those who responded to my original post :)
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Giving Notice, Advice Needed Asap Please
Hi All I would like some advice please. I am currently in a full time I dont like. I got a phone call Friday teatime offering me a new job in the town I live. The hours are what I want which is nights and the pay is much better than what I get now. The company I work at now is awful to work for, the staff are treat very…
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TUPE and Maternity Pay
I am due to be TUPE'd to a new company on 1st July, and am due a baby on 19th November. Will my maternity pay deal transfer with me? I don't have to tell them that I'm pregnant until after the transfer has happened, but I suspect it will be obvious long before that. The deal offered by my current company is better than…
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Statutory Maternity Pay?
I do payroll for our village Playgroup and we have a member of staff who will be taking maternity leave in a few weeks time. Never had to pay SMP before, so checking what she is entitled to, and she has asked whether she will be paid through the summer holidays. Our employment contracts are term time only (38 weeks/year),…
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Open University
Hello! I'm going to be starting LB160 - Professional Communciation Skills with the Open University in May, and I've just received an email stating that my financial support appliacation for the course has been accepted, and I'll get all of the £480 paid for :j I'm hoping to go on to complete a Business degree with them, to…
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What would you do ??
Hi, Im just wondering wat some ppl would do in my situation. I have been working for my company for over 10 years, and being bullied on and off fr the past 4 year by the same person. he was demoted at one stage partly due to his beaviour. I am currently of ork sick due to hie recent behaviour towards me, My manager is…
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Notice Period
I verbally told my employer that I'd like to leave on the 14th March and handed in my 4 weeks written notice on the 15th. I'm being told my last day will be the 13th April, but should it on be the 12th?
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Quick question on extra bank holiday
Is this considered to be part of the statutory min of 28 days or is it extra one, ie 29 for this year?
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Impractical Expectations by employer
[deleted] And finally, if nobody here knows the answer, does anybody know a good Employment Law, Equality, or Carers forum to ask on? :D
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non-paid compulsory attendance?
is my employer allowed to insist i attend a meeting outside normal hours without paying me for my time? (likely to be around 2 hours)
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Pay
I'm in debt i earn a good wage but have struggled to cope with monthly pay no one is paid weekly at my firm. is there a chance HR or pay roll would consider putting my on weekly pay for a period of time??
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company merger, advice needed
DH has come home from work today having been told that the company he works for is merging with another and at some point in the near future ALL staff of both companies will have to reapply for their jobs. Obviously there will be some layoffs, but no idea as to the scale of it. The problem we have is that there are an…
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Abuse of Power?
My situation is this: my boss has recently started acting in a very two faced way by singling me out with negative behaviour towards me and also going against agreements made on tasks etc while giving a vastly more positive impression towards others and among senior management. This week my boss took it a step further and…
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vacancies waiting to be signed off?
So I had an interview the Wednesday just gone and it was advertised as 4 position. We have a basic lit & maths test and then interview. There were 25-30 people before the tests and only 9 after. Interview was nice and simple, I knew all the answers etc and we were told there was 7 positions over 3 wards and we'd be told…
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Signing off benefits.
Good afternoon all you lovely people. I have t admit that i have been a bit of a lurker in the past but finally decided to get round and join this great site. Since december i have been unemployed, whilst it has been tough financially I know others are in a lot worse situation. My question is after applying for jobs left…
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Jobseeker's Agreement & Phoning Employers
I came away from the jobcentre the other day feeling very angry and upset. Why? Well, the person who signed me on and checked my jobsearch record questioned why I had failed to phone any employers this week. This was despite the fact that I had made NUMEROUS job applications - both direct and spectulative - by email AND…
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New Job: To Stay or To Go?
I am after you're thoughts, from personal experience and anything else you would like to say! I recently started a job as a Supervisory role however as I was unhappy about the pressure as a Supervisor along side other factors I handed in my notice. Management have said they are happy to employ me as full time in a…
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working with someone who suffers from depression
Hi edit: Thanks everyone for your responses. I have now edited my original post as I worry about the person in question recognizing me/her from what I've said and feel that could make things any worse. But to anyone who has just opened this thread I work with someone with depression and because they are not capable of…
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Fixed Term Contract
I am about to enter into my second fixed term contract with my present employer. This one is t last for 9 months after the initial one for 2 months. Before that I had been working for the same company as a temp via an agency for 10 months. Is it true that in the UK employers are only legally allowed to give you 2 fixed…
