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NHS change of contract
I might be worrying for no reason, but thought i'd ask anyway. Currently i work in the NHS monday to friday, and have saturday and sunday off. This suits me and i'm happy working there for the most part. However the other day it was announced that we are meant to be moving on to 7 day working. Can they insist that i change…
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Tesco pay rates
Can anyone tell me how much Tesco pay their Customer Assistants on nights? Do they pay more for particular days or hours? Can't seem to find any up to date info on this!
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Skills Conditionality Interview
I have a Skills Conditionality Interview session coming up. Are these interviews normally groups or one on one? How long do these interviews last? It does not give me an end time, only a start time. Thankyou.
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Advice wanted on distribution of hours
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I want to pursue professional acting, but it's a financial risk! Any advice?
Hi, guys. I have been undecided about my future for a while now. I am 25 (26 in August) and I don't feel like I've achieved anything good in my life at all. I left school at 16 with poor GCSE results and started work in a workshop putting together garden furniture/pet products. I left that job after a year as I wanted to…
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Would you resign and move on or stay?
I work in the offshore industry and have a job currently in China where I work away for 28 days, get paid for 30 then have 25 days home before flying back to China. Pay is good, business class flights and another 2 years on my deal. The job however is not what I was sold, we have a small team offshore and the job we have…
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Agency not paying up
My friend has been working for an agency, and 3 weeks ago they failed to pay her. They promised it was an error and she continued to work, but the money was never put into her account. Now she has stopped working for the company but the agency still won't pay up. When she asks them over the phone they say it will be paid…
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Employer witholding pay amongst other things
Hi first time poster and got some general queries I hope to get some help with. Firstly, my employer has not paid me for 3 months now..meant to be forthcoming shortly, and yes, I am interviewing for new jobs.. However, I have had to dedicate some time to do other things like process housing benefit claims, etc. which has…
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Advice wanted on graduate roles
Evening all, I graduated in 2008 but have not yet (for various reasons) applied for any graduate roles. I have been in work of various kinds, but most of it is what I would call entry-level work, in so much as it required very little in the way of academic qualifications. I am now feeling ready to venture away from my…
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P60 issue deadline query
problem solved
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New Position help?
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Work Travel - What Qualifies As Working Hours?
I am a paid, part-time office administrator for a national charity and I currently work 25 hours a week over 4 days (I've requested Mondays off). My hours are flexible meaning I can shuffle my hours around working slightly less one day and/or slightly longer another day. As long as I've done 25 hours that week, everything…
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Employer Asking for Bonus Back
Handed in my notice a week ago today. Did not pass probation as I did not sign the document to pass probation, and handed in a weeks notice. Received a letter at my forwarding address which my mother read to me, the jist of it states that they require it back because my employment is terminated before 31st May. I have no…
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Short pay
My friend works at a factory,she's been there 3 years and she gets paid on the last day of the month.A few times now when it's been a 5 week month they've only paid her for 4 weeks.She says they owe her now but they've said they're going to give her the extra week in june.Do a lot of places do this? Is it allowed?Thanks
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JSA for partner when in unpaid training
Hi All, I'm about to start an unpaid training course which lasts 20 months and will mean I will be living away from home Mon-Fri. My wife is a qualified teacher who for the past 18 months has been out of work and looking after our child. After a conversation with the Money Advice Service I was advised that she would be…
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Training as a decorator, plasterer or ?
I've been doing HGV driving for a few years and I would like to go in another direction emplyment-wise. I've been thinking of continuing working as a driver of some sort but then attening college during the evening in order to change career direction. I've been thinking of doing a course in Painting and decorating or…
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Doing unpaid work, hourly wage.
I've looked around but can't seem to get a definitive answer for my circumstances. Currently working at a supermarket, approaching around 9 weeks in, and work three or four, 4 hour shifts per week. Thing is, on every shift except maybe one, I have finished between 30 and 80 minutes after my shift should have ended, I'd say…
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Some miscoduct advice please
Can I ask anyone who has some knowledge with regards to misconduct to give me some advice. - Thank you in advance, I get so much good advice from you clever people on this board. Is it the act that is committed or the consequence of the act that is taken into account in dismissing from a gross misconduct perspective, or…
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Days Of On The Sick
How many days a year can a person take off sick when he is genuinely sick ?
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Holiday Pay
I'm having trouble reconciling the holiday pay I received from my previous employer after joining a new company even after they wrote back explaining their calculation, please can someone help - Worked 5 full months January to May 2014, entitled to 25 days p/a and took 4 days holiday in this time - my maths says that I…
