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NHS Shortlisting Grievance
Hi all, I have set up an anonymous account (my 'normal' username contains my full name...) and I need some advice on a sensitive subject. Just to set the scene. I started working at a NHS Foundation Trust around 1 year ago in a position covering maternity [job A]. This maternity cover ended and the organisation kept me on…
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Adecco Employment Question
Hello All, I was wondering if anyone knows and could explain things: I've been employed by Adecco in the last 2 months in a part time (weekend job) I've been doing 24 hours a week. I was wondering if I am entitled to any paid leave ? I wanted to take a weekend off. Thank you in advance !
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Notice Period - Taking remaining days as annual leave entitlement?
I'm looking for some advice... I am in the last few days of my notice period (last day this Friday) - however its becoming hard to even come in for these last few days as my mind is no longer there and more importantly the atmosphere has become terrible (some people ignore me etc..). I have around 9 days of annual leave…
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Salary Expectations
I recently applied for a job with Close Brothers as a Business Support Advisor and have received an email today asking to confirm my current salary and expectations before they can continue with my application. At present I am employed on an hourly rate as I only work part time but as my children are getting older I am…
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Unable to work once a week due to medical procedures
What does the current employment law say about the situation when employee cannot work once a week due to medical procedures?
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Staff Away Day - Exercise Help
Hello, This isn't an employment issue and probably seems quite trivial, but hoping someone can cast their eye over this idea for me. I work for a small charity as Marketing Manager. We've got a staff away day in January. We have been asked to tell the team (briefly and simply) about our job description, how the post is…
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Advice on Secondment
Hi I received an offer letter from my current employer for a year long secondment to another role within the same team. I signed and returned the letter to confirm the changes to my contract. The secondment was due to start today but I have now been informed that due to problems within the team, I need to remain in my…
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Struggling with new job, advice?
Hello all, I started a new job about 2 months ago in a sector almost completely new to me, but one I had started studying in (completed a very low level course and started working on the next). I was thrilled to get the job as I knew experience is key and this was a massive break as I didn't have any! I gave up a full time…
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Theft at work?
Hello, After some advise really. My wife's company issued some Amazon gift cards, my wife mistakenly took two as they were stuck together, this was on the Sunday. She found the extra one when she went to use her gift card on Monday and thought she would return the extra one when she was next in work (she only works…
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Do employers check references?
Hi, Just a quick question...I got offered a job yesterday, received confirmation by phone and email. On the application I had to put down an academic reference and one from my last employment. Lecturer has agreed to give me one so that's sorted but last employment is a problem because I quit after a disagreement over…
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Christmas rota
Hi there My Husband is a casual hospital porter for A contractor within the NHS. He gets his rota on Thursday for the following Monday, which is inconvenient but we put up with it. We never know from one week to the next what shift he will be on, but he has been made redundant from his skilled job twice in 2 years so is…
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Breach of contract for services
I worked as a consultant on a 12 month contract... I actually worked for the same company for 5 years as they continued to extend the contract on a yearly basis. I had to work exclusively for this one company so that there would be no conflicts of interest, this is totally understandable. The contract did state that either…
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gross misconduct..appeal
Y son is 22 has worked from leaving school. Goes uni part time to better himself. He and 2 women in there 50's were suspended in october as an investigation was started into alleged bullying of a collegue. To cut the story short alot has gone on alot of lies and alot of exagerations and bad management. All 3 have now been…
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100% Taxed
Hi all. Can anyone help I should have been paid on 29th Nov, but wasnt as my manager said my tax code was wrong and they stopped all my wages. I had a letter saying my tax code had changed as I have 2 jobs one is 444T the other 500L, I have contacted HMRC but they didnt know why I had all my wages stopped, so they are…
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no jsa
i go to college for 15hrs a week and have been told by jsa that im not entitled to my jsa because i am not available for work.but i signed a form to say that if a job came up that i would take it and leave the course i am on.im still looking for work and applying to vacancies which was in the contract that i signed.now…
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Am I on the right tax code :S
Hello I started a new job recently, and was put on emergency tax. So I rang tax office up and they said they have now put me on tax code 440L. My annual income is around 16k, however as I have not long started, im expecting to earn around £6000 from my start date till April. Now, when I input 440L in the calculator, with…
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Secret Recruit Agency?
Hi, I was just wondering if anyone had heard of or had any dealings / applied for jobs etc through this agency: http://www.secretrecruit.co.uk/Cleaners.html A lot of the jobs on here just seem too good and I was wanting some feedback before applying. Take the cleaning job above for example in the URL, it states 'Cleaning…
