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JSA Work Programme
Dear MSE, I am just coming up to having my JSA Work Programme interview at the Job Centre, however, I am not on full rate JSA due to the following: 1 In receipt of a works pension due to an Industrial Injury 2 Have savings in excess of £6000 3 Work a few hours on an irregular basis Effectively, I have only been receiving…
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Food Hygiene Level 2 qualification
Can anyone tell me what is involved in this qualification, I have a chance of getting extra work if I have it but I have no idea what training or requirements are involved. I will be making enquiries at my local college next week but I thought that you wonderful people might be able to give me a 'heads up' first. :)
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Have you had a pay rise/drop
Just a straw poll to satisfy a discussion I had earlier today. * Have you had a pay rise/drop this year, or last year? * If so how much (as an approx percentage) As you can see I am still a newbee, so please be gentle with me.
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Sainsbury's refusing applications if living more than 20 miles away
I found out last week that I lost my job. My Wife decided to look at working for Sainsbury's. The nearest role was a store 26.8 miles away. When trying to apply, it refused the application as they would only allow applications from people living within 20 miles of the store. I personally visited the store and they could…
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Taxable JSA, do I owe anything?
Hello! I started a new job last week & signed off JSA after being unemployed for a year (hurrah!). I currently work through an agency so I filled out a P46 with them and gave them the P45 that the Job Centre sent me - the tax code is 747L. The Job Centre have sent me a letter to say my JSA is a taxable income and will be…
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Can my employer reduce my hourly rate?
Please can someone advise me .. I have worked for the same company for 8 years, 4 years ago I transfered to a different branch, doing a different job, when I was interviewed for this role I was told that the rate of pay was about 50p per hour less than I had been getting but they would make the money up as as an additional…
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Being forced into self-employment...
Hi all Voluntarily left a job after 4 years with a new job where the boss offered me more money. It is a sales job. After 6 weeks (I got paid for the first month) new boss says that I am not selling enough and therefore he won't pay me the amount I started on - which was enough to live on and support myself and my partner…
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A Forklift Drivers Training Manual
Anybody know the titles of some good forklift reach and counter balance drivers training manuals i have tried a Google search with no luck
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UK - Employer grant scheme
Is there a scheme in the UK where the DWP pay an employer for recruiting someone who is on jobseekers? Basically gone for an interview. I am on agency books (a finders fee will apply if I’m successful). The recruiter told me off the record unless the agency come down in fees, I won’t be selected as other 2 candidates are…
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Recruitment Agents = Rats
---not all of them, there have been a couple of helpful ones but most are rats! They can be friendly when you first call the completely ignore you afterwards, no follow up phone calls to discuss! My CV is pretty good and has got me interviews with some good companies in the past so not sure why these guys aren't doing…
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Making an application for Home Working
I am seriously considering making an application to my employer to work from home for at least 3 out of 5 days, if not 5 out of 5. (I work in the Civil Service) I want to do this to help me stay in work with my disability, The effects of my disability are getting worse, making it harder and harder to keep up a good…
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Self Employed.
I have recently become self-employed (House/Petsitting) and expect to earn no more than £2k a year. I am 62 and draw my State Pension of around £5.5k a year. This is my only income, although my husband has an income of around £11k a year from his Teachers Pension and a small amount of Incapacity Benefit. I know I will not…
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Equal Treatment
Does this also apply to people on temporary contracts? (directly employed not through an agency) When I went for the interview they brought up the fact that they have a flexible working policy and I could i.e. start at X O'clock - I didn't know this before the interview but after being offered the position I contacted them…
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Facebook passwords
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/9162356/Facebook-passwords-fair-game-in-job-interviews.html I can understand them looking at facebook profiles and other publicly available information on the internet but asking for logins for your accounts etc. is totally unacceptable in my opinion. If I was asked I wouldn't…
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Practically asked to give a job to another Managers family member
I have been interviewing people over the past couple of days for a position in my I.T department. I had over 200 responces and interviewed 10. 3 people stood out so I asked them back for 2nd Interview's and test. Today one of the managers that works downstairs asked me if I could interview his family member as she had just…
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Thoughts wanted re: weird job interview situation
Hello there – I have a scenario going on at work at the moment which I am hoping to get some views on. I’ve applied for a post in a different department at work. I had applied for a very similar post a few months ago, didn’t get it but was their second choice (I know this because they sounded me out in case the first…
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Current employer cant pay me /staff
Hi, Been in my current role since August 2011. Its a small company with one owner. I have always had issues being paid on time. Normally two or three days late. This month im struggling to get fully paid at all. I have been partially paid today.a week late. Just wondering where i stand legally in claiming the rest.....
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New job.. claim Tax refund?
Hi all, Hoping someone can help me with this one. I have quite fortunately managed to get a new job after being made redundant in November. It is quite a relief as the funds were beginning to run quite low. I start work on Monday and have a new employment contract to fill out. The P45 I got from my old place of work, I was…
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Understanding tax and NI codes
Hi, I would like some advice on a pay slip I have received from a second employment please. My background: I work full time (earn £44,000-ish, after childcare vouchers and pension taken before tax it's about £38,000 taxable) and obviously pay the appropriate PAYE and national insurance as shown on my wage slip. I also do a…
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NHS Staff bank
Hi, I am wondering if anyone here works for the NHS, specifically the staff bank? I have a couple of questions that I just can't get answers for and I'm going round and round in circles with different HR departments. First off I'll explain a little on the background. Prior to Sept 2011 I worked for the NHS, gathered 5…
