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can someone help me calculate my maternity pay?
Hi I am due in November with a current salary of 35,000 before tax. With my employer i know that i get 3 months 90% full pay, but im unsure if this is before or after tax? and then i would get 33 weeks statutory maternity pay @ £139.58 a week which would be a total of £4,606.14 over the 33 weeks Can someone help me with…
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Work trials
Can anyone explain how work trials work if short term unemployed, I keep asking my Jobcentre and get differing answers (also now seen different advisors and it's getting hazy) is it only the long term employed that qualify? I've just asked to be reconsidered for a sales job I turned down a fortnight ago on seeing it…
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NI exemption cert?
How do I ask for an exemption certificate for low earning for NI contributions please? I cant ring up, can I write and ask for one? I thought use form CF10 to apply for an exception from Class 2 National Insurance contributions if you are self-employed and your net earnings from self-employment are below the relevant…
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Failed as a manager?
Hi MSE Long story ahead bare with me please, really struggling to get a hold on this issue as manager with little experience so any help is welcome. A colleague I used to manage was let go after being on probation for just under 12 months. Let's call this person "Tim". - Tim joined in July 2014, and I was drafted in to…
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Sick leave during the notice period
Personal Reasons
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Should I email them?
Hello, A month ago, I received a job offer to work as Graduate Engineer in Newcastle and I signed the employment contract. I won't start until September and since then I haven't heard anything from company. I am new to this things, how these process works after signing employment contract. There are conditions on contract…
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Interviews and references - how likely?
When somebody raised these scenarios in another thread I asked if they had ever actually happened to anyone, but I think my post got a little lost so I thought I would start a new thread about it. Basically I may have to pull a sickie to attend an interview, as I will be offered an interview at short notice if I am…
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MSE News: Summer Budget 2015: New National Living Wage to be introduced
A new National Living Wage will be introduced from April 2016 but it's not all it's cracked up to be... Read the full story: Summer Budget 2015: New National Living Wage to be introduced Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all works, read our New to…
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Business flights for business trips?
Hi, just wondering is there any law that says business travel has to be done via business flights? My mates workplace has made it policy that employees use the cheapest mode of transport (ie economy) even on long haul flights (8 plus hours), which some employees regularly do. Even premium economy is not allowed. Is this…
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National living wage - £7.20 from April 2016
From the budget The government will therefore introduce a new National Living Wage (NLW) for workers aged 25 and above, by introducing a new premium on top of the NMW. From April 2016, the new NLW will be set at £7.20 – a rise of 70p relative to the current NMW rate, and 50p above the NMW increase coming into effect in…
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Contract Cleaner TUPE transfer??
Dear all, I wonder if you can help.... In May 2014 our cleaners retired, rather than employ new staff we decided to engage a sub contract cleaning provider in August 2014. We have had no issue with the level of service but as part of a cost cutting exercise we have had to cancel the contract giving the required 3 months…
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Missed FPS on HMRC basic tools- now taxing twice?!
Hi everyone- not sure where in the forum this question belongs! I have missed a FPS on hmrc basic paye tools for our single employee. This payment was made in April but I didn't submit the FPS. When I try to do a 'mistimed' submission today, I have to put the new payment date of today- I.e. After the last employee payment,…
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Question about tax allowance
Hey people, Abit of an odd question for you, If wageslips vs bank statements matched up until a tax allowance change and the wageslips were updated but the net amount physically being paid wasn't what would happen if A) the tax allowance went down meaning the employee was getting £10 more than wageslip suggested? Would the…
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Agency or direct employer
Hi, I am looking for job as I have handed my resignation today and hoping to find a job in a large organisation as my current employer was a small private company with no respect culture. I like to know what is the best way to look for a job, I have created profiles in websites such as reed.co.uk but would like some advice…
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Mental health in the workplace?.
Hi all, I recently opened a thread regarding the fairness of job openings in current workplace. That has been answered fine, however there is one thing I have been meaning to ask but never really got round to doing it?. All it revolves around is mental health in the workplace and how that is treated if someone goes off ill…
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What would you do? Job vs. job
I'm full time employed on 23.5k. The problem is that I've got a choice to make and I'm not sure which way to go. Choice 1 - Remain with current employer. I have been told that there is a strong likelihood I will get a managerial position. It will not be until the new year '16 though. Pay will start at 30k p/a. The pay…
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Quick question re new job and prior holiday plans
Hi all Just want to make sure that everything is ok. I started a new job this week. During the interview process, I told them about an upcoming holiday I already had booked for 3 weeks. They said that would be ok. Now I've started and the holiday year for the company runs until September. As such I don't have enough days…
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Torn between two lovers..I mean jobs
So I'm a fully blown charity worker, currently in a very niche role of the sector (nerdy number cruncher, essentially) and absolutely adore my job. The charity itself funds research into a type of cancer I had as a child and survived by the skin of my teeth. So my heart is in it. Lovely staff, boss is beyond adorable, I'm…
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Would you take a £10k paycut?
Hello everyone So here's my situation: I am in a job I like (I am a PA), but which sometimes bores me. I have been in it for the past 2 years, and I felt like I've done everything I had to and learnt everything I could. I now want to move to a different branch of my sector, to a role which is very similar to what I do now…
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Confused regarding re-assessment ! approaching would have been ex employer for job
Yeah I was remembered :) was offered job direct back with employer, under different job title/call centre
