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Underpayment from emplyer
Morning Everyone, Just looking for a bit of advice really. My Wife has been paid by her work this morning and they have underpaid her by several hundred pounds. Shes gone into work today and will be speaking with HR to get to the bottom of whats happened. My question is...Does the employer have any legal or otherwise…
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commision query
Ive a query for a friend regarding commision. If a company pays a 3 quartley commision 1 month in arrears and then decides that it will now be paid 2 months in arrears how much notice does it need to give? Basically the employees were expecting the payment at the end of the month but have been I formed it will now be the…
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Chemistry and Maths Graduate - Employment Help!?
Hi I am going to graduate this year, hopefully with a 2:1! I was going to do a PGCE in secondary teaching, but have talked to the University and delayed it by one year (2015-16). I needed a break from studying, but now I need to begin looking for a job. I'm not really sure where to begin searching or for what job! I have a…
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Employment Contract Terms & Maternity Pay Clause
I work for a US firm with operations in UK. In their 10 years of operations here nobody has taken a maternity leave. There is no formal maternity/paternity pay policy in place in the appointment letter or in any other written form. All ordinary paternity leaves so far have been paid 100% for 2 weeks. In April I applied for…
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Query re SSP and holiday
Hi I had a small op to remove an abcess from my chest last week and the dr put me on the sick for 2 weeks (untill the 30th) the wound is healing well and i have been discharged from the nurse(wound needed packing and dressing every other day). I work in a care home so the sick note was given to protect against infection…
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Do you get benefits if you leave your job?
Hello all. I am hoping someone can cofirm for me that if you leave your job - not by your employer firing you, just you deciding to leave without having another job to go to - will you be entitled to any help in the form of temporary benefits whilst you look for work? Before anyone jumps on me, please know that I am asking…
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Casual trader - need to register as self-employed?
Hi. I have a quick question. My mum is a casual trader I guess you could say. She sells samosas to people as and when they ask for them and she gets around £50 per sale. On average, she's been getting one sale per month (she only started recently) I was discussing this with my brother, and we both have differing views in…
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Constructive Dismissal
Hi, Please can someone advise me on where I stand on constructive dismissal. I have worked for a large electrical retailer for almost 5 years and today I walked out as ultimately I can not work for these people anymore. I can no longer deal with the micromanagement and emails sent at unreasonable hours demanding replies on…
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Refund of Pension Contributions - Germany
I worked in Germany for approx 9 months and paid taxes and pension contributions through my then employer. Am i entitled to reclaim the pension contributions that I made (not the company contributions) as I will not be retiring there? I am now back in the UK.
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threat of disiplinary
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applying for a new IT job / qualifcations
Hi all, looking for a bit of advice here, im currently in a 1st line support role which i have outgrown about 6 months ago, we mainly support shops and internal users. im looking to eventually start applying for a new job, but feel i don't fit any job criteria without MCSA to basically say i know my stuff. plan is to go a…
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Business name
hi there i am starting out a small business and looking for some help with the name if possible would like bkj's in it somewhere will be doing gardening and house maintenance hope to here some good names soon thanks
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Just a query re: hard hats.
I have been offered a days work as a labourer on a building site (with more to follow next week). Was just wondering if there was a specific coloured hard-hat for labourers as all I could find in my local builders merchants was either blue (which I bought) or white. I don't want to end-up being sent home as I don't have…
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Disciplined
Hello, I'm a long time reader of this forum so thank you for your help in advance. I work in a professional job and we recently changed managers and along came a dragon from another office who has been reported in the past. I was ill for two days and spent an hour finishing essential work at home which no one else could…
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Rights when you've not signed a work contract?
Hi all I'm currently employed, however when I started I never signed a contract etc so don't know my rights as such. I'm currently looking for other work but I am unsure of my leaving notice period. Obviously I don't want to ask anyone around the office as that would make it obvious I'm looking elsewhere! As I didn't sign…
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home based payroll data entry. scam?
Ive found this job on a legitimate job website, but ive got to pay £70 for the training so they 'dont just accept anyone' through PayPal, and i will receive payment through PayPal also. Theres something about this that wants me to run for the hills, has anyone got a moment to read through our emails? or had any similar…
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Change career whilst doing well
Hi guys, quick bit if background, I am 28 years old. Went through school and got 9 GCSEs and 3 A Levels. Went on to University and did Business and Accounting and graduated. Worked in a local supermarket at weekends whilst at University. After graduation I got promoted into the Accounts department in the supermarket…
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Looking for training/funding to train
Hi all I am looking at doing my ITIL qualification (foundation level). The last bit of training I did was my degree so can anybody offer me any advice in terms of choosing from the many accredited companies to do the training with, and whether there might be any funding available for the training? I am doing this privately…
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Contract of Employment
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Paye tax refund - anyone help
Hi there, I'm new to the forum, so hope this is ok. It looks like I've been paying the wrong tax for my new job for nearly a year now. I rang the tax office, and they said they could see I was owed some tax back, and would process it. 2 quick questions : 1. I was off sick for 2 months unfortunately, and recived SSP, how…
