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Holidays issue
I've worked at my company for 27 years in my contract it states my holidays are from. January to December I get 30 days a year . every year we get told that nobody can have any holidays in December which isn't what our contract states this year things have really come to head and this afternoon I've had a very heated…
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Agency giving disciplinary for refusal of work
Hi I don't know if anyone can help. My mom works for a large well known factory/company. A few years back they were bought by a foreign company and all temp staff then had to go via an agency. My mom has worked there for 20 years and been a temp all this time. Last night they received a news letter to say that the agency…
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Minimum hours my employer is required to give me?
Hey, I started work on the 22/09/2014 after being unemployed for a while, when I started I got my contract and it states in it "Your normal hours per week will be 15.00." does this mean my employer has to offer me that amount of hours or anything up that amount? Basically, I'm working weekends, the first weekend I started…
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Stay Loyal or Jump Ship? Help!
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Aat course level 2 free
Hi guys I've just come back with meeting with my dea at the jobcentre, he was very nice and explained that there is a local college that can provide training courses in accountancy which is a similar area where I want to work in. He mentioned that it's a full time place and I've had a look on their website too, they will…
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Completed 2 Years Work Programme , What Next?
I have completed 2 years work programme (a4e), and also completed my 6 months back at the job centre with general advisor appointments. Does anyone know what next? My advisor has now told me that because I have completed my 6 months after going on the work programme, all I have to do now is just sign on every 2 weeks, with…
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Industrial action and sickness?
Hello I was wondering if someone could help me. Tomorrow my workplace will be joining the PCS national strike. I am a member of the union however wasn't going to walk out as I just cannot afford to! Unfortunately I have managed to put my back out (due to work!) And have been off since Friday. My employer are now saying…
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Advice
Hi, Hopefully somebody can help as I am unsure of what is law and what isn't with my former employer. I suffer from mental health issues (schizophrenia) and was sectioned (Early 2013) which is where the issues have come from (The company and people who work there are aware of my mental health issues, but not me suffering…
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uni help
I know this is the wrong forum to post this in but, in need of help. in uni exams are you allowed to use calculators and for every question.For OU exams?
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Work Related Stress
Hi, I am looking for some help and guidance, I have been getting stressed at work with a job that I am going to have to start doing but the worry of doing it is causing Me to have panic attacks . I have explained to My line Manager that it is stressing Me out but He will not listen. It got so bad last week that I had to…
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Owed money from previous employer after Tupe
I tuped over last from another company but still owned money from the previous employer. I wrote to my previous employer and they replied that I should discuss this with my current employer as liability has transferred to them. Would this be correct?
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manager bonus scheme
I saw a job advertised for 45k plus bonus. It is advertised as a senior manager position. What is the market average for a bonus? Eg 10% of salary, 20% of salary etc.
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How to handle resignation coupled with redundancy
Hi asking this on behalf of a friend, did have another post here for her but it got deleted. Anyway she's being made redundant after just 2 years service (2 year anniversary last week). Her company just want her to leave without redundancy pay eg resign. She did have a verbal warning about a year ago but this has expired.…
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Advice please- disciplinary for gross misconduct
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Advice Needed - Health & Safety Question
Hello, I hope you are able to offer me some information in regard to what I consider a health & safety question at work. My sister is employed as a cleaner of a school for 2.5 hours, 5 nights a week. As the head teacher leaves around 6 pm she is expected to lock the school up and padlock the school gates. She is only paid…
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Cleaner and maternity leave
Hi all, This is probably not the right place but I need some advice, I’d really appreciate if you could help or point me in the right direction. A few years ago a neighbour recommend a cleaning agency, they had a website, an internet domain and everything, they looked quite legit. So I arranged for a cleaner then over the…
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Using Travel to Interview Rail Warrant
The JobCentre are to give me a bus pass and rail warrant tomorrow for an interview 100 miles away from home next week.....fine......good. How does the rail part work because I took in a screen printout from the train company showing the cheapest fares if I booked today ie: 1 week in advance. Does the warrant allow me to…
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Married to my referee
I've just had a thought - OH and I run our own business. There's just the two of us, we're both directors. Now, everything is fine and the business is doing well, but it's always wise to have contingency plans. If I needed to find a 'proper' job, my current 'boss' is my husband - would potential employers accept a…
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feeling frustrated...
Come here looking for some advise on what to do, as I'm feeling very low on motivation and everything I'm doing at the moment seems pointless... I left school after my GCSE's and very nearly finished an apprenticeship in Plumbing, however with 3 months left to go and just my gas work to finish my employer moved me to…
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Distance learning courses
Any online distance learning websites to avoid or any to recommend?I'm looking to do an AS Level so I can go back to uni but there seem to be so many of the online! Thanks.
