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What to do?
I really don't know what to do at the moment. I am currently on income support ( claimed from February 2014) and was only looking to claim this for a few months just until my 10 month old ds is properly weaned (breastfed baby who still prefers breast milk over solids). I have just been contacted by my employer who want me…
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Holiday Pay/Bank Holiday entitlement
Hello. I work at a golf course in NI. I am contracted to 38 hours per week. In my contract it states that i am entitled to 4 weeks holiday pay in addition to customary bank/public holidays. Which therefore means that the bank/public holidays are included in my holiday entitlement. As its a golf course we may be required to…
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ESA and doctor problems
Hello. I wonder if you can help me. I am having problems trying to see the doctor for sick note . every time I try to book an appointment to see the doctor they are full booked up. I have bin trying all week long to get an appointment but still I can't see the doctor as they are fully booked (I have tried booking to see…
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Redundancy and Jobseeking questions.
Hi all, I have a couple of questions I was hoping you could answer for me please. firstly if I were to be made redundant I would be entitled to 7 weeks pay for my redundancy pay as been at company for 7 years, I also have to give them 7 weeks notice if I were to leave so what I wanted to know is, if I were to go to work…
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Changing career to postman
Hi My husband has just got a new job as a postman in Colchester, can any one tell me what the pay is like? It's a 39hr contract. We will be relocating from London to Colchester and already know rent is going to be far cheaper than what we are paying now. Just need some other perspectives. We have spoken at length about it.…
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Has anyone done a course with HRD Group?
Just wondered if they were any good, there's a Groupon offer I'm quite interested in, and I know that online is unlikely to be as good as face to face contact, but ...
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Apprenticeship - always slow?
My company (as in the one I work for not actually my own) is looking to replace my previous receptionist (I am the office manager) with an apprentice due to cost etc and what not. We started this process in the first week of April when my previous girl told me she was leaving, she left on Friday and now I am on my own,…
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Please help, partner on SSP and unable to afford bills etc.
My partner has been signed of work until they have a hospital consultation, their doctor has told them that they cannot work until this has been done and the results received. Given the nature of the situation they may not be able to return to work at all. They are currently getting SSP at £87.55 a week, they have no…
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Sacked!
Hi all I started working as a housekeeper/nanny in Dec 2013. So I am still in a 6 month probationary period as per my contract. Everything was going fine until last week when I informed my employer I would be needing to use 2 weeks annual leave to have a back operation. She was not happy as it was inconvenient for her. She…
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Applying to teach English in South Korea
Hello I'm in the process of applying to work in South Korea and need to address this: We are interested in your ability to perform as a successful teacher in Seoul public schools. Please provide your educational philosophy of teaching young learners, and express thoughts on encountering cultural differences. The essay…
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Telephone Interview at StepChange
Hello all, Just arranged to have a telephone interview with StepChange this afternoon (!) It's for the position of Data Verifier in Leeds. Does anyone else have an interview? Or any experience with their interview process? Or any experience working there? Thank you! EDIT: For anyone else searching it: Make sure you…
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Holiday Pay Question
Hi, I have been working for my current employer for 2 years and during this time I have had a number of absences from work sick, not long term just a couple of days here and there. My boss has advised that I do not accumulate full holiday pay for that month if I am not in for a full month and that it is calculated by how…
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Business tagline needed...
'm opening a 12 step house to help people with alcohol problems. I've got the name of the business, but I'm really struggling to find a strapline that explains precisely what we do. We're not aftercare. We're not professionals. We offer our own experience of recovery. Peer recovery using the 12 step programme. But somehow…
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Help Ive been overpaid!
I have just been informed that I have been overpaid to the sum of £400+. As you might expect Im a little concerned as to how this may have happened. Incidentally there are others in the company it has happened to. The response ive received from my manager is that there was a "glitch" in the computer when one system was…
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Partner sacked due to pregnancy
Hello, Apologies for the long post in advance but I really need help on this one. I work for a logistics company in Lower Management, and my company hire in 3 on site but entirely separate agencies. Last November, the first week of, my partner was looking for work and I managed to get her an ongoing (no termination date)…
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Arabic College Tutor
Hi I was wondering if anyone would have any ideas of how much on average an college Arabic tutor working part time say 30 hours a week get paid per year in the Birmingham area. Please accept my apologies if the question is vague im just trying to get a jist of how much someone may possibly earn.
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sole trader taxes? Whole of profits taxed or just beyond the 10k?
Hi all. I just want to check something. Not sure if this is the right section but it seemed the most relevant section I could find on here. So I work full time, on tax code 1000L. My partner hasn't worked for a few yrs, looking after the kids. She is now considering going self employed rather than regular part time…
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Full time job and additional casual work. Tax question
Hi, I have a (low paid) full time job so I’ve taken an additional casual job to work two or 3 days a month somewhere else. How this will affect my tax code if my additional job it’s only when they need me and not regular work? Until now I was on tax code was 944L does my current full time employer needs to know that I’m…
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A job without flexible working hours
Hey folks So I've been working in academia 7 years or so and have learn how I work best at what times and combined this with a very easy going and supportive boss, I pretty much work whatever hours I need to/want. I guess that's the beauty of academia eh...even if the hours are sometimes very long. So, I'm coming to the…
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Tupe over question on demotion
From April 1st I was tuped over to in house cleaning at school, I was supervisor cleaner , we had couple of formal meetings with h.r. reguarding pensions, nothing was mentioned about me being supervisor, we were told we should notice no change . Few weeks beforehand I talked with site manager about my job just general chit…
