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Facing possible disciplinary for something I have not done
Hoping someone here can help or lend any advice. In a nut shell, some company data was found in a secure bin to be taken away rather than put away where it should be. There are 5 members of staff that are responsible for putting this data away in the correct place, all have their own sections. At first my partner was made…
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Phased return to work for part time employee and SSP advise
Hi I have been off sick due to needing a major operation for cancer treatment. I am currently in receipt of SSP. 88.45 a week My usual contracted hours are only 30 hours a week. I have been off for several weeks now and following the operation three weeks ago am now looking to try to return to work asap. My consultant has…
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Housing Association - Resident Board Member
Good Morning all, I'm looking to apply for a "Resident Board Member" position, for a Housing Association which I currently rent from. I've had a good read through the expectations and competencies which I will be required to demonstrate. Just wondering if anyone had any experience of being on a board, or have had any…
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Holiday Pay as a "Deduction" from PAYE Role
I'm a student but have been looking for a Summer job. Saw an admin role with a nationwide, well known recruitment agency that was advertised at £8.40 per hour. Applied and everything seems to be on track for me starting. I was asked to sign a terms of employment (standard for a temp agency) which was about 6 pages of small…
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Company car
Could somebody please explain to me, in very basic terms, how the value of a company car is added to ones salary as a benefit in kind? If, for example, the list price of a car is £25000 is this divided up in some way and then added to the total salary with tax being applied to the grand total?....might not have asked that…
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Options for national insurance - self employed
I've been employed for 16 years and have now gone self employed. What are my options for paying national insurance. Being employed i guess i was paying into state pension etc. What happens now i've gone self employed? Have i now lost the contributions i maded to my state pension? What are my options and what will be the…
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Partner being taken advantage of
My partner is in a bit of a pickle at work. She works hard, much harder than the people sat around her. They work in a small team in not-very-well paid admin jobs, and as my partner is the naturally industrious type, she has slowly had other people's workload dumped on her. It doesn't help that she doesn't really get on…
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Moving from part time to full time employment
Hello all. Apologies if this is in the wrong section! For a number of years now I have worked on a fixed number of days for my employer and there is a good chance that by the end of the Summer I will have used up those contracted days with 4-5 months still left until the day count is essentially reset. Demand for my…
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Worried about being liable for employers debts
I can’t find the answer to this on any other forums so thought one of you wise ones may be able to help me. I am employed by a company as “managing director” but only by title. I have no shares or ownership. The plan was for me to have equity at some stage but it hasn’t happened. The company is in trouble and potentially…
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employment law - change of contract
My contract is about to be changed and I have been told that I must apply for this new role. If I don't apply I will be considered to have resigned even though it is my employer who has terminated my existing contract. If I do apply I could be unsuccessful and then could be offered sessional work (effectively a zero hours…
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Statutory Maternity Pay - HELP!
Hi, I have posted on this forum before about my employers not paying me SMP. I received nasty comments when I told them I was pregnant, nasty comments in March when I asked them why they hadn't paid me and now more emails from them. I am entitled to SMP and currently going through HMRC formal dispute to get this sorted.…
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Redundancy selection
I am part of a small team working on certain types of special jobs. The team consists of myself, another individual with whom I work closely and share workload, and a supervisor. The other person is at my pay grade and has been with the company marginally longer, but has several less years experience and often relies on my…
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Can I challenge a previous employers dismissal?
Long story short; My bestie was on long term sick leave with a previous employer a couple of years ago. For quite some time, almost a year. They eventually reached the end of their internal long term sickness procedures and following the results of an occupational health assessment that they arranged, they said they…
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Employer calling home number early in morning
Now I thought this a bit off.... Wife due in work at 7am but had been asked by manager to attend a different site (at 7am). So she did. 715am home phone rand. Different manager, really annoyed, "where is X?" "Umm, who are you?" "Right shes gone to work." Then manager says well shes supposed be here 15 mins ago, so I point…
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Annual Leave and Commission
I wonder if someone could advise on where I stand with my company and annual leave commission payments please? I earn a basic salary, and (last year at least) around 100% on top in commission payments. Basically, in 2014 someone took British Gas to court as they made around 60% of their money through commission and when on…
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AAT level 4 about to finish
Not sure if this is the right place for this but bare with me: So I'm pretty sure this has been brought up before but wanting to get peoples views on wage changes when completed level 4. So I'm going to be finishing level 4 in december and will be heading to my boss to ask for a rise. My current package is: Age 26 AAT…
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What should I do? Where do I stand?
Hello, Hopefully this is the correct place to post, if not I've just joined so forgive me! I was employed by a removals company for a short period of just over a month, and unfortunately had a small accident in one of their new vans which resulted in a scratch around two foot long; thus resulting in the company letting me…
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Accident whilst driving a work vehicle
I'm not really sure where to post this but my husband was involved in a bad crash that is going to see him off work for at least 3 months. I need to find his contract but strictly speaking his company don't pay sick pay but can they do this if he was injured whilst on work duty?
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7 hour unpaid trial shift
can anyone beat this? This is in a very popular long established restaurant/deli in Leeds which is doing a roaring trade! Having taken my daughter on afterwards she asked if sh would be paid for the trial shift as it was so long. Answer no as it was a trial shift. Each shift she will be doing this week is 3-4 hours. Not…
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I'm in full time employment, but I want to do some freelance marketing work
So i'm currently in a full time employment, but I have some (what I think are) skills which I want to use to help others and make some extra money. I really need some help with steps I need to take with regards to becoming a freelancer or "doing a bit on the side". Will it be worth it, or will I just find myself being…
