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Employment law advice needed
I have worked here for a number of years. I get a contractual 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + discretionary 3 days over Christmas. My employer has now announced that the discretionary Christmas leave will no longer happen and that we must reserve three days out of our 25 days annual leave to cover the Christmas…
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Fired for Gross Misconduct, what now?
I was fired yesterday for gross misconduct. It was instant dismissal. I don't want to go into details but I did wrong and got found out. I now don't know what to do, I have worked there 9 months and my work record as far as I know to that point was great. I have looked online and it seems I may not be able to claim…
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Jsa sanction
At Christmas I had a sickness bug so couldn't attend a work programme appointment but let them know the day before,before closing and they said my work adviser would ring me back in the morning but she never did. Jsa have decided my reason isn't good enough and won't pay me from 29th December until 29th Jan. My question is…
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Query over something in my contract
In my contract it states: "Changes to your terms of employment - We reserve the right to make reasonable changes to any of your terms of employment." Does this mean they can change my contract without my agreement? I have just been asked to sign a new contract, one that is all round worse in a whole heap of ways e.g. 5…
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Courier Wins at Employment Tribunal
www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/06/courier-wins-holiday-pay-in-latest-key-tribunal-ruling-for-gig-economy She was deemed to be a worker and not self-employed.
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Some advice please
I'm looking for some advice please. I have been working in the same job for three years and on the same wage which is low. It's in the public sector so the wages are low but holidays good etc. To cut a long story short I have been thinking of progressing with my career and fortunately my employer has part funded me to…
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Is this acceptable?
A friend is employed for 30 hours a week. They want her in from 9am to 4.30 on two days a week ( she works over 4.5 days in total) but they don't need her for a period of 1.5 hours in the middle of the day, but they do need her to work till 4.30. Effectively, she is clocking on and off during a shift and just hanging…
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Does she need to register as Self Employed?
My daughter is 18 but still in full time education. She has a part time job, once a week cleaning for a company. She is employed by them. If she takes another cleaning job also once a week for about 2 hours a time, for an elderly lady, will she need to register as being Self Employed too? Both these jobs are 'pocket money'…
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JSA: Will I be sanctioned?
Hello all, my first post and I hope this is the correct forum. I was on JSA until last month. Then I applied for a Christmas temporary job that ended last week. All in all, it was 2 weeks and a half. I wouldn't have applied for that job, had it been permanent, because it's not my usual field. I told the interviewer and she…
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Negotiating a settlement
Is it usual for an employer to pay outstanding holiday pay on top of any negotiated settlement? Thanks.
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Help advice needed re:company withholding payment
Hi. Firstly the scenario is this. My husband worked as a self employed driver for a well known delivery service until recently. He left for work on 28th December at 5am as always. Did all his deliveries and was back home by 11am. When he came home he was already on the phone to the boss who wanted him to go and collect a…
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Gaps in CV due to Mental Illness?
I've just made a thread tonight on another part of this forum which I can't link to because this is a new account, but that mainly says it all. Briefly though, I've had mental health issues all my life, social anxiety and generalised anxiety. Had medication, CBT etc no help. Am in a real mess right now, no money, never…
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Redeployment query
My first post here so apologies if this is not in the correct place. So my job was deleted through organisational change and I was offered an alternative position - one part of the role is completely out of my comfort zone and I have been apprehensive about this from day 1 however I decided to accept the position and hope…
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New opportunity
I have been asking the jobcentre about work experience (I know some people have an opinion about this scheme) I have been to an interview with Poundland for a Sale Assistant work experience position, and I got offered it, and I start on Tuesday 10th January for 6 weeks (there is not a guaranteed job at the end, but you…
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Check my holidays
Can someone please check my maths on holiday entitlement I work a basic 4 on 4 off 12 hours shift pattern, so 42 hours a week. Gov website says 19.6 12 hour holidays. However we don't get paid 12 hours on a holiday we only get 8. Doesn't this mean it would become 28 days holiday at 8 hours? They are saying 22, which i…
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Trouble
Hi guys, So my credit score is really bad and I'm unsure of how to improve it. When I was younger, I committed fraud due to an unsavoury ex boyfriend, I now have a cifas flag (2013) against me (first party fraud) but not a criminal record. My barclays bank account is defaulted (2013) with a balance of £2,250. I have a ccj…
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Self employment...keeping records
Im starting to work as a labourer for a company. I have to be classed as self employed. I'm going to register as self employed but would like some advice in records I need to keep. When I get paid, do I need to somehow get them to sign something for me to indicate how much I've been given and keep that as a record? What…
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How many applications did it take?
I have been applying for jobs here and there - probably about 10 jobs at a guess ( not looking 100% seriously at the moment) but have only been offered 1 interview. I know I'm not talking masses of applications, but I don't remember having so many rejections in the past. How many applications did it take for you to land a…
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Employer must buy me out from an agency??
I hope this is in the correct place, but here goes. I decided to go back to work and joined an agency. I was sent by them to a school to help with after school care for 2hrs an evening during term time to cover for sickness. I loved it and still keep in touch with the girl who ran it, even though it was six months ago. I…
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Final pay query
Hi Folks, First time poster long time lurker here. I've just left my job and received my outstanding holiday pay. However, after a perusal of the breakdown I noticed my daily rate for the outstanding holidays seemed low. I did some sums and it was about £25 shy. My contract is a funny one. I'm contracted to work 220 days a…
