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open university
Hi, I have been wanting to go to uni for a while however I am in a flat on my own and need to work 30+ hours a week to be able to afford it and have money to live so don't have the time or finance to be able to do it however I have heard of the open university a few times and have got a book about the course they do etc I…
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Being keyholder and responding to alarm callout
I'm a keyholder with my company, me my manager and another staff member are the 3 for our store, my manager put me 1st in the list (so i get called out first) because he says i stay nearer, despite him driving and me needing to phone a taxi there. Anyhoo, i was out friday night watching a band as it was my day off, at 1am…
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Impossible Decision
Good evening, I've signed up and decided to post this message as, at least to my mind, I am facing an impossible decision. Any views would be warmly welcomed. I am in my late 20s, have a mortgage and am expecting a baby with my partner in a few months time. On the whole I am happy and feel very fortunate to be in the…
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Enhanced DBS check
Basically, I'm asking because I've been accepted into college, they need a DBS check but uni will need an enhanced one for Midwifery. I'm not sure what to include really. I split up from my ex, who was abusive, about 5.5 years ago, he spent the next 2/3 years trying to make my life hell. He'd heard I'd moved on after a…
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Getting a job
I'm currently got a child who is a few months so I need to look for a full time job where I can earn some decent money. get a mortgage and buy a house. I have no time for college and university. I only have english and maths level 2. Could anyone give me some ideas of jobs I can get?
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Can they withdraw the job offer?
I applied for a job and had an interview, during which I enquired regarding overtime, and was told that overtime would probably be available. It was then suggested that I might be suitable for a more senior post, and I was later offered the more senior post by email. I replied that I was looking for a slightly higher…
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Does UJM site track where you login from? re holidays
On JSA< regularly apply for jobs, and log activity on UJM as required, but the slog does get me down.. Some good friends has offered me a 'free' week away in Spain (OK, will be helping do up a cheap apartment they bought, in return for free flights and food!).. I will still be doing online job searches / applications,…
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Working without a contract after temporary contract end?
So I work in a large supermarket chain while studying and thought it was a good/simple job so recommended to OHs brother as a first job. He was hired by our rivals at the start of the year on a temporary 12 week contract. However after receiving the letter he asked if he could start a week later (as the first week was his…
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Pay Role Confusion
My partner joined his company in February 2014 as a part-timer, within a few months he was made up to Full Time. However it now transpires that he has not received the new tax allowance for 2015 in his April 2015 wages. He is under the impression that he won't see this until May? Is this right because I though it made no…
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Are holiday laws same for those working from home?
If I am working from home, but the employer is in the US, do I also get paid time and a half for working on a bank holiday or are the laws different for those working from home / with online jobs? This is probably a simple (hopefully not completely stupid question). Unfortunately, I really do not know the answer. :(
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Holiday Entitlement Under Zero Hours
Hi guys, I work for a large retail chain in the UK who also have stores in parts of Europe, the US and beyond. We are being told at the moment that because we are only on zero hours contracts they have decided that we can only have one paid holiday day per week. Meaning that if say I wanted to take 3 days of I could only…
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Is this legal????
My friends daughter has been working at a shoe shop for a cpl months now and her manager has insisted that she buy 2 pairs of shoes from the shop with her wages to wear at work in this time or she will no longer have employment with them. This is a very very expensive shoe store and my friends daughter is only 16 years old…
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Is the job market any better up north? seriously thinking of heading there.
hey, okay, so I have been working in minimum/slightly above minimum wage jobs for a while now and I am looking for a change, or at least a change of scenery. I am struggling to afford to move out of my parent's home on my own with the salary I am on, so I have been thinking hard about taking the appropriate steps and…
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FDM Group
Going to interview with them. I've already read all about the ups and downs; basically, you do a few months unpaid training, then get placed at a job (unless you're unlucky), and will be fine unless you break the two year commitment. My question is, does anyone here know whether you are provided any housing for the…
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Any Advice Welcome
Hi, I need some advice im currently in a zero hour contract nights but i absolutely hate my job and its making me ill again. I came off ESA end of March would i be able to go back on ESA and do I have to work my weeks notice? ive just been off since tuesday with gastroenteritis so i have to go back tomorrow night :( Im so…
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Bank Holidays
I work for a major supermarket. The green one. On my contract I am not contracted to work a Monday. Therefore I don't. Our boss has said that because I Signed my contract after 2011, I have to work ALL bank holidays as per the company handbook. Is this legal..? I know it's NOT legal to be made to work a bank holiday if…
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Wage overpayment, change info P45
Hi, not sure if posting in the right place and hope it's not too long winded! A company that i used to work for overpaid my wages. There was a lot of confusion at the time as i was signed off due to an injury and then ended up leaving the company. I have now set up a payment plan to pay back what i wasn't owed. The problem…
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Milk thief at work
Evening all, I'm not sure if this is the right place, mods please move if it isn't! I buy myself a pint of milk each week to take to work, I write my name on the lid and put it in the communal fridge. Three times in the last four weeks someone has taken the milk, usually mid week when there's at least half a pint still…
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New Job - Asda Head Office
Hello, I've been offered a new job at Asda Head Office in Leeds - I was wondering what they ask in their references from my previous employers? Does/has anyone worked there? Thanks in advance. Kate
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Income tax query (additional income)
Hi, I am currently employed full-time and pay tax through PAYE (my salary is approx. 32k, not sure if that is relevant). I am currently doing two weeks work for a European organisation and will be paid directly into my bank account, in Euro, for the work that I am doing. My income from that will be around £1500. How do I…
