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They come in 3's
Like buses................Well would you believe it - 3 interview invatations for next week. None via agencies but all via the companies direct after filling in mega application forms. Must have been my supporting statment that dazzled them! Haha Prob wont get any but at least it will get me out the house :rotfl:
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''Amended duties'' advice please !
Hi everyone , i just need a question advising on , i am fulltime employed and been with my employer for 9-10 months. I recently had a minor operation that should have had a quick recovery time and back to work but unfortunately i had a complication/infection which has now meant i cant do my usual role, my doctor advised me…
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Advice regarding work
I Work for a company as a sales team leader. Has about 220 locations in the UK. I worked at the Birmingham branch but recently moved to a new opening closer to home. Now this is what I need advice about. I have a 6 year old boy who I see every other weekend. I pick him up from work at 6pm on the Friday and he goes back…
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Job Seeking - Your Experience.
Hi All, For those who have recently been job seeking or whom are currently job seeking, how are you finding it? What tactics are you using, e.g. submitting perhaps 1-2 applications per day or perhaps week?
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Data Protection
I work for an employer that provides a highly sensitive end user i.e child sexual abuse or something similar. The employer has 2 office locations. I am being told to take case files from one location, store them at home/in the car overnight and take them to the 2nd location the next day. I am uncomfortable in doing this as…
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Handing in notice
Hello everyone I have had a formal job offer that I have accepted today. My new job is due to start on the 2nd April after the bank holiday weekend. I have holiday booked for the last week of March (the week of good friday) which has been booked for some time. My holiday year runs from April to April so it's right at the…
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Cutting overtime. Would you say anything?
Before i progress, from reading this forum i am aware: * I'm aware employers can do whatever they wish, just shy of actually killing you * Life isn't fair * The only one on this forum who knows how my employers operates is me. I'm not wanting analysis of blacks & whites though. In recent years (although not EVERY year), we…
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Where to seek legal advice - Employment & Disability
I need to get some legal advice ahead of a disciplinary hearing. I will be calling ACAS and the Disability Law Service tomorrow, CAB have no appointments...so are there any other organisations I could try?
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Employer cancelling annual leave
This is a hypothetical situation at the moment but I want to be prepared in case it becomes a reality due to workload and staff shortages. I have 3 weeks of annual leave which were booked and approved over 6 months ago with my manager signing the dates off on my leave sheet. We have a holiday booked with flights, car hire…
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What else can i do !!!
:(Please can some one Help, I have been suspended from work. for nearly two wks, I contacted a union Man from unison that was helping me with something else, but is not my union rep as i was told not to get in touch with anyone from work, The Man got back to me saying he would inform my union Rep, I still have heard…
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Pay Rise not honored?
Hey all, Husband asked for payrise in writing and it was verbally agreed by Managing Director. At the begining of the month, it was also agreed that it would be dated from the start of this pay period. Today (Pay day Friday) MD has come to husband in work and said that his wife (she is part of same company) has not agreed…
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unpaid accrued Holiday
Hi, At the end of November my company went through a financial restructuring and made my position redundant. I had only worked there for 6 months so they legally only had to pay me 1 weeks notice, which they did. they also paid me a months extra as an ex-gratia payment. They paid me the ex-gratia payment at the beginning…
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voluntary work
I have come across this a lot of times when people suggesting getting work experience. From what I have experienced trying to get voluntary work, you still have to apply using a CV or an application form and often get overlooked or no reply what so ever. So is going through the recruitment process for a voluntary job worth…
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Who else has been in this mess?
Basically i am 30 years old have no job, live in a run down council estate and standard grades is only qualifications I have and I was sacked from previous job after 13 years. Left school and went straight into healthcare work with my standard grades, spent 13 years there then was sacked last year. It was because staff had…
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Contract questions
Got a new contract which states my employment is on a 'Part Time Fixed Term Basis' and have a couple of questions: 1) What happens at end of fixed term. Contract states that my 'employment is likely to continue until x' Would I need to give notice if I wanted to leave then? Would they have to give me notice? which brings…
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Calculating bottom line for Car Allowance
If I am on £40k wage and I get a car allowance of £5k, and the car allowance is subject to PAYE & NI, would I effectively be taxed at the 40% rate and therefore only have £3k to actually pay for a car? It sounds obvious, but just as a sanity check, can anybody confirm? :D
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Training as a PT- potholes
Morning MSE crew. Here's my dilema in short. I work a normal 8-5 job at the moment, permanent, pretty bad pay but it covers me. I do not like my job- at all. I'm bored and my company refuses to allow me any room to manouvre etc. I am a complete fitness and gym fanatic and have been contemplating training up to become a…
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Anyone quit teaching?
Are there any teachers out there who have quit? What have you gone on to do? Any advice? Any regrets?
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Will they let me sign on?
Hi guys, first of all I'm new. First post here so hello to everyone! Second, this may be a bit long winded but I'd appreciate any advice anybody could give me! Basically since I left university in 2011 I've had two retail jobs, both which lasted six months. I left the first job after six months for the second one as the…
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Self employed training grants
As my previous thread advised i am looking to expand my business and open up an additional company undertaking surveillance and security. As the security world is now all covered by the SIA licence i was wondering if there are any avenues i could go down to getting training grants as i am self employed? Any help would be…
