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Are GCSEs necessary?
For higher powered careers - Dr, Engineer, etc - are GCSEs vital? I'm an adult (33) who left school at 15 with no qualifications. Since then i've gained city and guilds and NVQ qualifications said to be equivalent to several A levels, and i've also completed several level 1 and level 2 courses with the Open University (i…
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Worth it or a scam?
I'm currently studying towards my AAT Level 4 Diploma on a part time basis whilst on maternity leave. I've started applying for a few related positions for when I'm due to go back. I was working in a different sector before and have no accountancy experience. I got a call on Thursday from "Accountancy Works" offering me a…
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Leaving job in jan but holidays booked.
Hi I have been lucky enough to get offered a new job back in September. However it has taken till now for my start date to come through (3rd feb 2014). I have had my honey moon booked for months and will be away from 28th December to the 26th of jan. I handed my notice in last week and finish on the 31st of jan. I have…
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Is this legal?
I had an interview for a company yesterday. The hours would be 9-5 Monday to Friday. They told me that pay would be £100 a week plus commission and during the 1st 4 weeks I would not earn commission as I'd be training. I then asked after adding commission on what are the chances I would be earning more than my current job…
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Nvm thread was spammed
Nvm thread was spammed, I made one in DT instead
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New job offer - have annual leave to take with current company - what to do?
Hi all, I have a new job offer, I have to notify my current employer with 4 weeks notice. Thing is I have 5.5 days of annual leave left for next month, but my diary is booked out as my job is projects based. I may be able to take 4 days. Is it possible to get paid for 1.5 days of annual leave I didn't take? I worked hard…
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Overpayment
I work in a school and I am paid by the council. I did some extra hours over summer and finally got paid for them in November wage. But just looked at my payslip for this month and they're on my payslip again so I am going to be paid for them again! School and council HR office are now closed for weekend/Christmas. When…
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Advice For Re-Applying For Own Job
Last year I worked for one the large heritage organisations on a temporary contract. When I had my review in September, my line manager told me that in 2014 he wanted to make the job from a 14-hour week into a 30-hour (if he could get the funding.) If it had remained 14 hours I would have been made permanent then and…
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New Employer Vs. Home Office
Hello all, Quick - and hopefully simple (haha) question. I'm shortly changing employer - my new company has asked to see my passport to prove my right to work in the UK. I am a UK Citizen (from birth) and the passport is a full British one. Small snag (and it's absolutely my fault) is that it has expired. I 'fessed up and…
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Does most low paid work = Poor conditions?
Is it just part and parcel of it all? Or is it even possible to find out what a companies like before applying for a job? Reading through various posts on here i'd like to know how people score a job with Christmas bonus or works party Annual pay rises Sick pay Better holidays than statutory Even heating would be a…
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Work Colleague asking to borrow money
Hi All, Would like some advice if you are able to help. My work colleague, a single 31 year old man, living in a house share and on a reasonable wage for what he does, is rubbish with money and is always short come the end of the month. He continually asks to borrow money in the last week, like clockwork you can expect him…
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Do I have legitimate cause for complaint?
Hi Everyone, Apologies if this post doesn't belong here and let me know if I need to move it to another thread? I recently resigned from a company and duly received my final pay-check/slip from them. After inspection, I found that my holiday pay to be less than I expected. I queried the point and was alarmed when they…
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Going Self Employed
Hi all, Due to the current climate my job was no longer secure, so I have left I have been looking to go self employed for some time, fixing and and maintaining computers and networks for business and home users. As well as selling components and products online. I use to do it before working for another company for 5…
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Advice on the next step please
Morning. After some advice on were to take this next. Daughter works in a very small team, another member of staff who is in a more senior position and is more than double DD age is bullying her. DD has spoken to the manager several times who each time promises to speak to the bully and deal with the issue but just seems…
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Employer not paying wages??
I am employed full time for a large call centre. I get paid on the last working day of each month in arrears. Around October we were sent an internal e-mail from management informing us that there was an option for December to take an advance of £500 payable on the 20th December and this mount would be deducted of our…
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The Reality is - I don't have a job
I'm a long-time reader of MSE and the information on here has been so useful. I took the opportunity to move to a new job having been in my previous job for 5+ years, but it hasn't worked out (which is ok), so within the last week it has come about that I no longer have a job. I spent the first few days full of optimism -…
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Trying to workout Net pay
Hi all, I'm trying to work out if I've been taxed correctly on my Dec pay. I got a bonus (first time in 15 years!). My annual gross pay is 33600 and tax code 660L. My gross bonus was £3137. On my wage slip it has Tax paid - 1611 Employee Nic - 383. My net pay is 3843. Does this sound about right. Any help would be great,…
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Christmas Eve - Nightclub hours
Hi, can anyone help - does anyone know what time nightclubs have to close due to licensing hours on Christmas Eve night - tried to Goggle it with no success
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My boss is monitoring staff via CCTV. Is this legal?
Basically as the title says, my manager has been monitoring staff via the CCTV system. I have been in the office and almost every day he brings in the night staff file in which night staff have to write down the times at which they complete hourly building checks and complete a cleaning log. He checks these times and then…
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Volunteer Work
Hi, I'm thinking of volunteering at my local food bank, one day a week. Does anyone have experience of this or similar? TIA. Coxy
