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CollectaCase.
Has anyone else worked for this company ?. They are advertising for s/e people to collect various documents in my area and I was thinking about applying.
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Maternity underpayment
I'm posting this on behalf of my wife who is being messed around by her employer. She has been on Maternity since the end of August 2014 and not returning until the point this year. At the end of June we were expecting her to be paid 4 weeks SMP, however, no payslip through the post and no payment in the bank. She chased…
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Income- related ESA and Special Support Grant
I am currently on Income-related ESA and receive extra money for the Disability Income Guarantee and for the Support Group. I will be a full-time student from September 2015. Will I qualify for the Special Support Grant (from Student Finance) if I receive the Disability Income Guarantee part of the ESA? Also, will my…
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Employment law in UK 2015
A relative has been working at Wetherspoons a few months and I cannot believe the hours and conditions that he has to endure in terms of lack of breaks, last minute change of hours, arriving at work to be told they are not busy so can he wait around (unpaid) for 2 hours until it does get busy. Cannot find details of their…
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Employer won't provide copies of training
My OH currently works in a care home and has therefore completed numerous training courses, for example on safeguarding and dementia. These were completed in house and sent off for marking. She's handed her notice in and requested a copy or original of the certificates from these. Her employer has refused saying as they…
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Supporting Information/Additional Information
Hi All I am hoping all you clever people can give me some advice on supporting/additional information section on job applications. I was under the impression that for example if you are applying for a job on NHS jobs, you look at the person specification of the job and try and answer each point on there with example/s. Is…
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You can't beat HR incompetence lol
Hi all, I won't provide detail as I can't compromise my friend's position. I don't need any advise so please don't say anything. He/she showed me an an em today from their company's HR director, which I considered a joke. Told them to not send a response. Come on conway you can do better than that lol !
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Foot Health Diploma - have you heard of it?
Hi folks, A relative of mine is thinking of enrolling on a foot health diploma course as they want a change of career. It's £2,000 upfront, and the course provider seems legit. However, as the provider - the SMAE Institute - isn't an NHS affiliate, I want to be doubly sure it's a reputable organization. Moreover, that the…
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Advice requested: A difficult colleague.
Good evening everyone, I'm wondering if someone could please offer me some advice on a matter in work: I am a male in my mid-twenties and work in a busy department of social services. There are 12 of us in a team was a ratio of 3 males to 9 females. We have a good rapport. One of the other males is great and we get along…
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Advice n Employer withholding my Notice Pay
Hi everyone, this is my first post so I apologise if its not in the correct area. There was a dispute at work in May between myself and a colleague, I was sworn at and felt quite intimidated, I stood my ground and swore back at the other person, my boss just had a go at me and not the other person who instigated the…
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Help Needed. Confused, Redundant, No Final Pay, Bill For Working and Tax Being Messed
Hi, and thank you for looking and maybe helping. I'm sorry in advance for the lengthy post but this is a confusing, difficult and maybe unique set of circumstance. I was made redundant from my job on the 29th May 2015. Due to lack of work for the company. The company relied on 1 large client, whom due to their changes no…
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fairness of a job posting.
Hi all, Just wondering if anyone could offer some advice on a situation at work. My department have put out a job posting for a Duty Manager role which is accessible for the whole company to apply for as it is posted on their own internal talent network website. No where in the job posting does it state about being on a…
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Reclaiming tax
Hi , I'm not sure if this is the right place to put this. Last financial year I only worked for 10 months, but obviously paid tax based on 12 months . How do I go about reclaiming any extra tax I paid? Thanks , Tanya
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Join director payed dividends. Tax?
Recently started working for a company, completed my 3month probation periodand now been asked if i want to be a joint director, me 49 shares and other party 51shares in this company. It is in property renovations. I get paid the first 20k as dividends and the remaining of profits we take a 50/50 share. As im being paid…
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How would YOU reform the Job Centre?
I saw another thread on here about reform of the job centre. There's a debate on Tuesday at 4:30pm. Better training and work experience programmes. Let advisors have a bit of discretion with regards to sanctions. So has anyone got any other suggestions?
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Starting a small business...any advice?
My wife is unemployed and is not claiming any benefits(and never has). We live on my income alone. She has a skill and wants to earn money from home. Neither of us has been self employed in our lives. We have formulated small flyers to post in local shops and ordered business cards to advertise the business. We are stuck…
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No one wants to employ me - how can I get a job?
Read the thread created by the guy who had been in prison and was struggling to find work and was inspired to sign up and post my own predicament. I was fired in March from my job working for a well known mobile phone company. I'm 26 and I'd worked for the company since I was 20 having worked my way up from a sales…
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Maternity leave ending, housing benefit?
I started maternity leave sept 2014, it has been 39 weeks now, so I have had my last maternity pay from them. I have told housing benefit of the change, that my income from maternity pay has now ended. They wrote back and said your housing benefit has been suspended, you need to send your p45 to prove your employment has…
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Public interest disclosure-Protecting myself?
Hi, I’m planning on making an anonymous public interest disclosure about the company I work for, probably to the H&S executive. I don’t want to go into too much detail on here but I was wondering if anyone can advise me how to protect myself, (and my colleagues from being blamed for something I’ve done)? I have created a…
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Wanting a job.
I am on the ESA support group but feel like i can do some work. I been applying for jobs but they are some issues. Most of them come from the point i am in a care home so i am limited to £24.90 per week and that means even buses would be unaffordable meaning that i could be walking over 4 hours in pitch darkness on country…
