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15hr contract, minimum wage, not able to take all holiday
A relative is on a 15 hour a week contract with Argos although the often get gvien more (average about 20 hours a week) on minimum wage. At te end of the last leave year they had not taken all their holiday entitlement and were not allowed to take it at the end as there were not enough staff and have not been paid for the…
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Retraining to be a Mortgage Advisor - Advice Please
Hi everyone I'm currently working in health and social care but would like to make a career change toward mortgage advice, financial planning or something similar. Can any of you clever people advise me on my options to achieve this? I've seen apprenticeships but it would not be viable for me to leave my full time job to…
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Ofsted Health Assessment
I have for many years suffered with Affective Disorder.....Anxiety/Panic Attacks/Depression, this was escalated when I was diagnosed with breast cancer 10 years ago. The medication I take is.....Diazepam 2mg as and when needed, Citalopram 20-40mg daily, Zolpidem 5-10mg nightly. I have worked in childcare for 20 years and…
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MIssed JSA advisor appointment help!
Hi, I forgot to go to a JSA advisor appointment on Friday, which would have been my second appointment. Will my JSA automatically be stopped for a period? I can't manage any delay or stop however temporary. I'm looking at all this stuff about santions and it doesn't look good. It's the weekend so I can't contact them and…
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Self employment and Class 2 NI contributions
On the HMRC website it says that Class 2 National insurance contributions count towards certain benefits like the basic State Pension. It says that Class 2 NICS are paid at a rate of £2.75 per week which is £143 per year. So this means if a self employed person pays Class 2 NICS from aged 18 to 65 they will have paid…
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Contract workers rights
Can someone help with this please? My son has been working for a local Authority as an Electrician. He gets paid through an "Umbrella" company. Couple of days ago he was finished for what they are calling "gross misconduct" but he hasn't done anything wrong. Long story short - He was working on an interior roof putting…
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Jobseekers allowance..
Im not claiming it but can somebody tell me what the current qualifications are for receiving it ? This guy who is a neighbor, approached me and asked if i could help him with his job applications. In other words he wanted me to do the donkey work on my laptop-job searches and sending CV's to prospective employers-said he…
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Employer wants me to go self employed
Hi all I have a friend that is the stable manager and riding instructor at a small riding school - only 3 other employees plus the couple whose school it is. They have asked her to go self employed and offered to increase her wages by £60 per week to compensate for the loss of employment rights etc. She seems quite excited…
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Self-employed & student - HMRC/loan advice needed
I'm currently registered as self-employed with HMRC, and the Student Loans Company are aware of this too (I have about £3,000 left to pay from my undergrad). My earnings are low - working out at the equivalent of full-time minimum wage (although I actually only work 20hrs per week). In September I'll be starting a…
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Relocation abroad
We are preparing for our move to Muscat in August. I have few queries which I really would appreciate if people with similar experiences can share their views. UK Tax As we will be moving there in August, I presume we will be liable for income tax here for the period we lived here. But, read somewhere that potentially we…
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working towards the dream!
Hi all, My youngest is due to start school September 2015 and I have been looking into applying for unit to do midwifery for February 2016. I am having to do a science course which will give me the rest of the entry requirement and have found that I can borrow a loan for this from the government and also get free grants…
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How to raise a grievance with employer without getting sacked?!
Hi folks, Am having several issues with my employer at the moment, including one that I am pretty sure is a rather serious legal issue (I have not received mandatory training for my job yet they told an inspector it was imminent - almost a year ago). Problem is, I work for a small family business (NB not my family!) and…
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DWP job & CRB check
Hi just wondering if they do basic or standard checks? Had one done recently and I think I was told it was standard (couldn't understand the man very well) but then my friend told me that hers was basic, so we're both a little confused! :p just wondering as obviously the time of how long they take will vary depending on…
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Hands on job search- please list where to look?
Hi I am desperate for a job now so really looking hard! I have experience in customer service, admin, shop work, but mainly as a teaching assistant/working in schools. I would really love to work in a library. I live in Coventry. Where do I look? There seems to be a lot of ways and I am going to jot them all down to get…
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SSP & Holiday
Could I give you this scenario and a question - 1. Accident on Good Friday - hospital, stitches then discharged. With a contact number, phone on the Wed, to arrange having stitches out. 2. Told employer would not be at work on Tues onwards (Easter Monday) sent photo showing extent of injury and agreed to keep in contact.…
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Jobseekers and savings
Hi I don't have the full information and i apologise in advance for that, but if an 18 year old has claimed jobseekers allowance for a period of 2 years (whilst looking for employment) but had savings of £4000 that they did not declare at the time of claiming the benefit, will that person have to pay back the benefit now…
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Equal Pay
I wonder if anyone can advise, I was hoping to put this on the CAB pages but I wasn't able to post on there (??). I work as part of a small team who do exactly the same job, without going into detail or giving anything away, we all work from one pile of work, and do exactly the same thing. Not long after starting, myself…
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Recruitment Agency Job Follow Up
A job agency called me 2 weeks ago about a position and said they'd forward my CV on, and they also said they'd look to see if they had any other positions. I haven't heard anything from them since though. Is that normal? I'm just wondering what the protocols are and whether it be appropriate to call them to follow up, or…
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Working for a bank with defaults on credit file?
Hello My friend has applied for a job with HSBC, I've been helping her fill in the online form. The first 3 questions are eligibility based and ask 1. Do you have any adverse credit? She replied Yes 2. Are you eligible to work in the UK? Yes 3. Are you prepared to undergo a CRB check? Yes She as then taken to proceed…
