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Anyone else use Potential 4 Skills
I have just finished doing Customer Services & ECDL, which I have passed, at P4S (Roterham) via Learndirect, I am now awaiting a number for my CSCS test & card, it was all funded by JCP so even better for me I was wondering if anyone else has used P4S & what their experience was, mine has been very good Please do share if…
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how many hours can you do on JSA?
friend offered a one off job working at races for 12 hours, how does this affect their JSA? tia
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HMRC demanding tax that employer should have paid.
Firstly I apologise if this is in the wrong place, I wasn't sure where I should post it. My friend has called me today to say that HMRC has sent her a letter saying she owes £152 from when she worked at a nursery between February and May 2012. She doesn't know exactly how much she earned in 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 so I'm…
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school exams - forgotten results
I sat my o'grades nearly 30 years ago & have (over the course of several house moves) lost my certificate & really can't remember what grades I got. I need to complete a job application by tomorrow (which is the closing date) and obviously there is no time to get a copy of my certificate to check my results. I really don't…
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Agency opportunities
I do an easy job at the moment in online shopping in a supermarket, my job is being changed soon to become even simpler and more one dimentional so I've decided I need to leave before I go mad with boredom. Can't see any permanent jobs I would enjoy so am thinking of trying some agencies but wondered if anyone has any idea…
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HR Meeting? (for a job change), What topics will be discussed? Agenda topic examples?
When having a meeting with HR people in a company for a job change (internal transfer) what type of topics are discussed, in the agenda? Can you give examples of what would be discussed in a HR meeting, and how long do they usually last ?
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Resigning with immediate effect - Breach of contract?
Currently I work for a company in the UK where in my contract it says I must provide 4 weeks notice. However I have been offered a job with an immediate start, this will breach my contract. Is there anything they can do other than withhold my unworked days pay? If that's the case I'm happy resigning straight away and…
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self employed carer advice please
my mother works for a care agency providing house calls to the eldery and infirm. these are genurally 30min/60min slots for which she gets minium wage. she genuinly enjoys her job and the people she meets. what she doesnt like, and winds me up, is they way the managment treat the staff. i know no company is perfect but…
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Refund on a non-delivering course?
Hi Everyone, I'm not sure if I have asked the question in the right place, apologies if not. I invested £3,500.00 in a course for myself as a final qualification after uni. I want a refund and am wondering if anyone can advise me? I enrolled on the course one year ago (July 2013) and have spent since around September…
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zero hours query
Hi all, I have been with an employer for approx 2 months under a zero hours contract and assumed it was entirely ok to refuse work if you wanted to. I advised my employer that I would not be available to work this weekend and received a phone call telling me that it was not ok to refuse work and I would be expected in. I…
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Holiday entitlement
Don't know if anyone can help me or point me in the right direction of someone who would be able to. I am employed to work every Saturday, alternate Wednesdays and Thursdays and one Monday a month! My contract says I am entitled to 9 days holiday a year. I also cover other people's holidays totally approximately 50 days.…
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Calculating wages
I am USELESS at Maths. Does anyone know how to work out what my salary per month or year after tax would be on minimum wage £6.32 per hour, based on a 37.5 hour week? I have no idea :(
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Can anyone help with tax payable by a partnership of two?
Hi I run a very small business as a Sole Trader. At the moment I'm not taxed on my earnings as they're under the £10,000 personal allowance. If my husband helped, we might be able to make about £20,000 pa. (I know it's not a lot in the grand sceme of things, but it's the best we can do) :) Does anyone know, if my husband…
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Self Employed, having work returned 8 months later and pay refused.
Hi All Any help please. I have been working self employed for the past 2 years and uptill oct last year no problems. Since october invoices have not been paid (Stopped working in Dec). The company who Pays my invoices was putting off paying me by saying i'll get paid next week, next month, xmas eve ect, right up til 2…
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How to get a job somewhere you dont live?
Hello, myself and my boyfriend are looking to move to livingston but not without a job offer. i am struggling to find jobs to apply for and how id get one if i dont live in livingston at the moment? any websites i can use or something i could do?
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Job advice after illness for several years
Hi there. I'm a 21 year old who has not been in employment since I left school at 17. I have had various illnesses which made it hard for me to seek work. I did work for several village charities until I moved away in early 2013, and I did a two week job experience as a receptionist/admin assistant in late 2013, but that's…
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online job application assessments. how do u get thru them?????
my grandaughteris looking for part time job. she has just left school and off to college sept. she has applied for jobs at next boots and tesco but has failed the online assessments. is there a correct way to answer them even tho they say there are no right and wrong answers. she is really trying and the answers she gave…
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Interview help
I would be very grateful for any advice anyone could give me here. I am currently employed full time. Due to my mother's passing in October last year I have had a considerable amount of time off with depression. I have noticed that because of this some of my co workers are acting strange toward me. Some basically treating…
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Can anyone help?
Morning... Is anyone able to offer some help and advice? If someone has put in a grievance at work about another member of staff bullying them and after an 'investigation' the employer says they are rejecting it because they have spoken to other staff members and they apparently have said there has'nt been any…
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Is a new job (new duties) from Existing job(internally) -Always seen as a promotion?
When you move from one job in a company, to a new job (as an internal transfer), which has new and different duties to the previous jobs, than this is a job change, considered as a new job right? But is it always considered as a promotion ? or not all job changes are promotions? but are all promotions job changes? -eg All…
