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Current firefighter looking for career change please help
Hi all, I am currently a full time firefighter it am possibly thinking of a career change, this is for a number of reasons such as sleepless nights at work mean I am missing out on family time at home when I am off, the way we are constantly used/ignored by senior management, plus the current 5year pay freeze yet pension…
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next stage of interview help
Hello all I posted my CV on here not long back for a CV review and got a load of help. It was more or less a new CV and I started getting alot more interviews. I got a call for an assistant managers position for a nationwide company and had a telephone interview, a couple of days later I was invited to a 3 hour long group…
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Moving when unemployed
I live in a place with terrible public transport and am struggling to find work. I have very little money, but I've been wondering how feasible it would be to move to somewhere like Birmingham and do low-skilled temp work through agencies to get my foot in. I've been unemployed for too long now and nobody wants me. How do…
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Time off excuses for agency meetings
Hi I work as Legal secretary/PA at the moment and having been in job 3 years now want to get payrise, move job maybe etc. Last year I went on a few interviews, had to arrange half days etc. don't really want to do that now. I'm getting an agency ring me up to register, says they have an interview. What should I say apart…
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Work Focused Interview For Partners - Please Help
Hello all Me and my partner are in need of some advice please. Upto March 2012 I had worked at the same company for ten years, then the company closed down due to the economic climate and I was made redundant. I then got a job in November and this finished on the 8th of February this year due to no more work been available…
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Unfair dismissal and TUPE
I wonder if anybody could be so kind as to give an opinion on this please: If you have been dismissed and have raised an unfair dismissal case, the company then TUPEs its staff to another company (which is probably the same people running it, just under a different name) and is now in administration - is the claim now…
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Pay Issue
Can anyone help? My employer has overpaid me this month by £243. Now they say that they will take it back next month which is fine, but how do I get the overpayment of NI refunded? I know the tax works itself out automatically, but I don't think this happens with NI? It's about £30 I've overpaid and as I'm on SMP, this…
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Job seeking but going on Holiday in April
I've had a 4 day trip booked since last year and I'm now actively seeking work. Before this I've been doing voluntary work to gain experience but I'm really worried about it now. What if I get hired a week before I go away? Would they honour the holiday?
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Universal job match two years ahead
Just went on to the Universal Job Match website and it's showing jobs for 1/03/2015 when I search for jobs in Scotland. Wow. Has anybody else seen this?
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Change in HMRC law?
Hi, I have just had a very interesting conversation with a friend of mine. Her employers want to change the date they are being paid and have claimed that there has been a change in HMRC law that means everyones payday will be changed to the 1st of the month. I havent heard about this so I wondered if it were true. Has…
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Employment Advice Needed
My mum runs a small cleaning business which employs approx. 4 cleaners. All of the employees are on a contract which states that the working hours are variable on a week-to-week basis. The issue is that an employee has been unavailable to work due to their ex-partner being in hospital. This has been the case for the past 3…
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Desperate Help Needed
I have been off sick for nearly a month with work related stress. I had made a complaint about health and safety before I went sick and the management took it to grievance stage 1. I have a two hour meeting on Monday around my grievance and should also be fit for work next week. Even though I should give a months notice I…
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Holiday Requests
A friend of mine received an email last week at work saying that for 2 weeks before and 2 weeks after 01-04-13 any holiday request would be turned down. This is to ensure the end of year procedures to run smoothly. My friend has worked there for nearly 20 yrs and has no written contract. The end of year has run smoothly…
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Job situation....
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Car Allowance
Can anyone tell me anything about car allowances? I'm going for an interview with a company, where the agent said 'they often bump up the salaries with a £2k car allowance'. I've already got an offer on the table from another company so want to make sure I fully understand the implications to my pocket of any offer they…
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Can my ex employer do this?
Hi All, I have left my old position and been with my new employer for around 6 mths now. My old job was in account management and my new role is in technical sales. As far as I was concerned I was leaving under good terms, well as good as can be when going to work for someone who supplies their competitors. I expected a…
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Is this allowed or legal??
I have been in my job for nearly 3 months, still on probation period. I am a PA and Office Manager. I noticed my boss had sent an email with my job spec to a recruitment agent, this was on Friday, today I saw my exact job adevrtised on a job site. It is a small company and there is no way they would be recruiting another…
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role adjustment during pregnancy
Hi Please can someone advise. I currently work in a job that involves a lot of driving. I am now 8 weeks pregnant. I have an underlying medical condition (diabetes) which is very difficult to manage in pregnancy, as a result of this difficulty I have been having an increasing number of low blood sugars (hypos) which will…
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Last Minute Nerves
I have been lucky enough to be invited for an interview as a Library Shelver at a University. It is only part time but I really would love the job. The interview is this week and references have already been obtained. It is a very long time since I attended an interview and I am getting a bit jittery!! I guess what i'm…
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EU posted worker - minimum wage exchange rate
Hi everyone, I am a posted worker in France, paid in £ to a UK account. In my contract (6-month), an exchange rate of 1.30€ to £1.00 is used 'in order to adhere to French minimum wage law'. The disparity between the actual rate and the rate used is obviously large when considered over a 6-month period, and should be…
