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Help Needed: Invoicing for Consultant work
Hi, I am looking for a little advice on an legal requirements i need to consider. I am about to start a ten week period of work as a consultant to a company. (It may turn out to be longer but initially it will be ten weeks.) I'm working at £14 an hour, and between 30/40 a week - self managed. I have never worked as a…
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job advice needed
Hi i have been in my current job for two year, generally quite happy with the role. Out of know where consultation, my level have been de-establish. I was advise my manager to go for the job under her which is higher salary plus higher tier but first option will be given to colleagues who are in that current tier. Oh and…
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Whistle Blowing
I left my last job a short while ago and i'm unsure if I should whistle blow on my old employer. Ever since I started he had been putting cracked/unlicensed software on clients computers, some of these clients are local authorities, solicitors, salvation army etc, as well as home users. He used to sell them at full price…
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New Employment contract and on-call query
Hi, I have just received an offer of employment and I am due to return my signed contract but the only thing that bugs me is that there is an on call requirement every other week that will be part of my role but it is not mentioned in my contract. I queried this with HR but they said this is part of the role but they do…
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Universal Jobmatch Question
Why is it that the same jobs that were advertised yesterday are coming up today? Then I click search again and the jobs change?
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Stay or go dilemma
You're in a job you dislike, but the rewards are good. Redundancy is likely within 12 months, and your years of service would mean a nice exit package. Do you look for another job that is more suitable, and commands a higher salary and leave, or sit it out for redundancy? The market is a bit hit and miss at the moment,…
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Productivity - personal data?
Our company is planning to put each employee's individual productivity on a whiteboard for everyone in the company to see (why, I'm not sure - everyone is against it!). Is this a breach of the DPA as would productivity be classed as personal information? Thanks in advance :)
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Relocation and new job.
Hi. Last month i was told by my manager that i was required to relocate from Manchester to Liverpool. At the time he offered me the options of moving or taking redundancy. We had an informal meeting and i said i would trial it, and move to the Liverpool office. Obviously, as soon as i heard this, i began applying for other…
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"Silent" promotion
Forget it. Too risky to post
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dealing with claiming for travel expenses and time
Hi all, I work in IT. I have an office where the company is based, about 2 miles/15mins away. I tend to either go there and pick up parts, meetings or the odd half a day a week or so. I spend 95% of my time out on site. I have a rota whereby I spend either a half day or full day at a site, each week. The distance can be as…
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Access to Work
Hi All, I have been offered a job and decided to take it although I am still a bit reluctant about the job. My benefits will stop once I start employment and I have been told I am eligible for the access to work scheme. I just wanted to know what type of support or help is available? This will be my second job in my entire…
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Do I need to include every job in application?
I'm applying for a job, and I want to demonstrate that I meet all the criteria. I can only meet one of the criteria with a job that I had 10 years ago during the summer break from university. I don't really want to list that because then I'll have to list everything between that and my "real" post-uni jobs: the application…
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Problems at work
Hi, I hope I am posting in the right place as I am new to the forum but could do with some advice. Without going into full details the issue is as follows. I raised a grievance at work in February 2015 in relation to an issue where my professional registration was suspended because of failures due to my manager in October…
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Problems with Employer
I've been working for my current employer for nearly 2 years (3 weeks shy), in this time I've had many problems with them from paying wages late to unlawful deductions. In the two years I've worked for them I have never received a P60, no matter how much I chase them up for it. I have two issues atm and I don't know what…
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Calling all receptionists, your questions in the interview
Hi all This is officially my first ever job interview today at 6:30 and I am so nervous. I had a weekend/holiday job when I was in sixth form for a few months, but it was just in a salon doing basic admin tasks and I never had an interview for it, I just applied and she called asking when I could start. I applied for a…
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in need of some advice
It's a bit of a long story but I have been having some trouble at work recently and am a bit worried that other staff members are trying to get me sacked. I have just registered with the GMB but when I phoned them they said they can't do anything until my application has been processed. So anyway a couple of months ago I…
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Financial help for going back to work?
I have been on income support/carers allowance for 7 years due to caring for my disabled son. His needs got to great and he has now started residentual school (52 week placement). I have a 1 year old, so get lone parent income support but I would like to go back to work. What help is there for going back to work? Do they…
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What to wear to RBS call centre job
So I start a new job in less than 2 weeks time at RBS, Edinburgh Call Centre as a Customer Service Advisor. I have no idea what the culture or dress code is. I will be working a mix of daytime and evenings. I was guessing daytime would probably be a smart formal shirt and possibly a tie (but not sure as is not customer…
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Repaying Enhanced Maternity Pay Query
Hi All, Need some guidance on this and on who’s responsibility it should be to discuss with HMRC. Wasn’t sure whether to post this in the Employment forum, Cutting tax or Basic rights at work. My partner went on Maternity leave in August 2014 and was given the choice of taking enhanced maternity pay, she decided that she…
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Changing job after relocating?
Hi everyone! Just looking for a bit of advice on where I stand with my current job, so far Google has failed me :( Back in late November last year my work relocated me to another site about 70 miles away as they are closing the one I was out down. They paid for me to move, letting agent fees, moving company etc. But now…
