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Advice needed please - my rights to leave
Hi, I started a new job 6 weeks ago and without going into too much details, the organisation is a farce. They are in the middle of restructuring and every single member of staff I've met is unhappy. My contract states that during the probationary period I must give 1 months notice (after probation it's 2 months) however I…
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Is P45 useless if last job left before start of new tax year?
If an employee starts a new job after the start of tax year (after 6th of April) and his last job ended before that, is P45 necessary? Presumably it is useless as a new tax code is issued and the tax-free amount is untouched (so no adjustments needed).
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Would this be employment discrimination?
Hi I have a question for those of you familiar with this area of employment law. I recently applied for a job requiring a 'native-level Spanish speaker'. My mother is spanish. I've lived in London my whole life, but have visited Spain almost every year, and I've held a Spanish passport my whole life. This makes me spanish…
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What would you do? Legal action?
Just wondering what advice there could be for someone this situation... Mutually agreed to leave a job. Promised good reference on exit interview. Noticed an expense claim was unpaid Noticed holiday pay was unpaid. New employer asks for reference. Director goes into silent mode. Absolutely fuming here. Call in the dogs?…
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P45 after Zero Hours Contract
I was made redundant from a permanent full time role in January this year. Since then I have done casual zero hours contract type work whilst looking for something permanent. It now looks as though I'm about to be offered a permanent job unrelated to the agency but the new employer has asked for my p45 from my last…
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Career Advice Wanted - Pay Cut
Hi All, I do not know if this is the right place to post but I need some advice, its probably a situation that many have been in before.. Anyway, I am currently employed in an office about 5 minutes from my house - pretty sweet huh - but they hours are so long, I am treated terribly and after 3 years I feel that I am at my…
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Second job
I am currently looking for a part time second job to supplement my existing income, as my main job is no longer enough. I work in the public sector and there is little chance of promotion or a pay rise. Ideally I want something at the weekend and maybe a weekday evening, around 8 hours a week. Where are the best places to…
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JSA Advice
Hi all, I have recently graduated with a degree in photography and I am hoping to set my own business up in the future, but at the moment I do not have a big enough client list to bring in enough income. So to get some kind of income I am looking at JSA in the meantime, would this be recommend? Thank you in advance.
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Employment Gap of 2 Months?
Hi all, I'm currently applying for new jobs as due to various reasons my current position is unworkable in it's current position (due to false promises made during interview that I've since discovered aren't going to be kept) however on a couple of applications, it asks if I have employment gaps and the only gap I have…
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Days in lieu
I'm starting a new job in sales soon which will require a lot of travelling on business trips. I have a family and I don't wish to be outside of the UK often. I need to know employment law - how do you calculate days in lieu when you travel? Can you please kindly advise me or give me some links? I wanted it to be done…
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JSA - Bank Statements?!
I've been asked to produce a bank statement in order to start my new claim for JSA. Apparently this is because I have over £5000. £5679 to be precise. I'll be honest, I do find this plain intrusive...there's a lot of things on my statement that are personally embarrassing such as the bedroom purchases that me and my…
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grant
Hello, my son would like to train for a new career ,and the course costs £3500, at the interview he was told if the household income was under £42000,he might get help towards this,but they need official proof of income,mine is no problem,but my wife works part-time self employed,she fills in a tax return each year,but how…
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Dismissed with no notice.
Hi guys, I am going to start with a bit of back story. So I was given a job at KFC back in April, during my interview I requested no late shifts and that I didnt want to work as a cook, something they accepted. I am contracted to work a minimum of 4 hours a week. One week my rota had me down to do 47hours, up from an…
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help finding work ..No experience
Can anyone offer advice on how to find work with no experience My son now finished university and looking for a job just wondered if there was any avenues we may not of thought of he has degree (computer game developement) but willing to give anything a go he has had interviews but no joy the feedback is lack of experience…
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Handing in notice and getting holiday pay
Due to my circumstances changing I need to habd my notice in at work I work in hospitality and have been saleried for around 9 months at this point. I have not recived a contract or any documentation for my employemnt, just what my salary and days I work a week. I have seen other contracts from previous employees stating…
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Positive feedback from interview.... but....
I'm currently looking for work, and had an interview on Thursday for a job which sounds really interesting. They are a small company (I've previously only worked for big ones), and the area of work is new for them, so I'm bringing expertise and knowledge to fill a gap they've realised that they have. I felt the interview…
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disciplinary dismissal and redundancy
Hi I am an employee of eight years, working for a global employer. Due to the contract ending at my place of work redundancy is due very shortly. I returned to five weeks ago after 91 days sickness absence -stress related due to family illness and bereavement. Also the sudden withdrawal of a prescription pain medication…
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Business Opportunity - What do i do?
Hi, Excuse my naivety on this, i have been given a business opportunity i am considering. Basically its to undertake design / reverse engineering, the proposer of this opportunity will supply specialist equipment and we would both be given full training on the equipment. I would then be paid per hour to complete digital…
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Security clearence
Hi all, Would security clearence fail you based on your nationality for instance? Or is it based on individual records regardless of nationality? Thanks
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Shortimed unused holiday on resignation ? Help ?
I've resigned from my job and this months pay is missing 41 hours of work which is the exact amount of hours I have left to book of holiday. I've left today after doing 2 weeks notice so I didn't expect them to pay me those outstanding hours even though I've read numerous articles saying employers have to pay outstanding…
