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Holiday entitlement part time worker for bank holidays
Please can someone advise their thoughts on the following: Full time workers receive 25 days holiday + 9 days holiday - 33 days total I work part time Mon-Weds receiving 15 days holiday + 3/5ths if the bank holidays = 19.8 days which my employer has rounded up to 20 days holiday. I've received a letter from my employer…
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Moving abroad or not, pension holding me back
I'lll try and keep this brief! I have a very well paid job, I enjoy it, lots of benefits. A big one is a final salary pension scheme, now closed to new members, but forecast to give me lots money and a secure retirement. Aside from that I'm bored, several friends have taken a well travel route abroad, same job, tax free,…
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As a business can I withdraw my quote?
Can anyone advise? I run a small business and gave a written quote to a client. I have also taken a percentage deposit from them. They have a close (4 week) deadline for the work. In the meantime, on a couple of smaller jobs untaken for them prior to the main deposit job, it has become clear they are extremely difficult…
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Paying too much tax
I have 2 jobs and I think I'm paying too much tax on my main job. I started in August and in my first month I paid BR tax, the next 3 months after that my tax code was 710T and for the past 2 months it's been 549T. I don't understand why my tax code keeps changing and I'm concerned I'm paying too much.
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Relocation allowance?
I'm about to start a new job, and will be moving from London to Manchester. My new employer (which is a small business) has included a £3k relocation allowance as part of my package, and just said that I need to provide receipts and claim by the end of the next financial year. I've been looking for more information online,…
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Best ways to find a job
Good Morning Folks I hope you're all well. I have been unemployed for a while and although I have applied to numerous vacancies, I haven't had much success. You will probably have heard of the fact that only 20% of the jobs get advertised whereas the other 80% of the jobs are found in the 'hidden' job market. With this in…
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Missed pension contributions
I'd appreciate any advice on this. The NEST pension company have emailed me several times to say they have reported my umbrella services company for failure to make pension contributions against my earnings. In all, they missed around 14 weeks' contributions, with contributions restarted in November. Should I take any…
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The husbands career change
Hi, I would really love some information and direction please. My husband has decided to take a change in career. He's 35 and wants a more hands-on job. He would like to train as an electrician. Can anyone recommend the best way to do this? He currently has a full-time job that he would need to continue with, so courses…
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New career in 40's
Spent many years at home with children who Should I start looking now, am I too old and past it? I am 44
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Non-trading Ltd Co and new PT Freelace work?
Quick question - I'm unemployed but have a non-trading limited company. I've been offered some part-time work (only app £200 a month to start with), which is completely unrelated to my Ltd Co. How should I register this new contract in order it to be legal and pay NI contributions? As a sole trader? The work will be…
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cv library's training courses - anybody used them?
i got an email regarding cv library's training courses, i think you have to pay for them, but has anybody here gone on a training course via cv library? they do provide a great selection of courses which range from £100 to over £1,000. https://course.cv-library.co.uk/ edit: just seen some of their courses are as low as £10…
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Potential new job
Basically I been offered a new job in human resource. It is a fixed term contract but if i achieve everything the company wants me to do I will be offered a permanent role, the job also means moving away from home. I will be giving advice/ support and coaching to managers to help them in their roles. I will not be…
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Counter Offer - Too Good To Be True?
Hi MSE, So I've been working at my current position for 4 months (this is also a temporary contact till Jan 2018). About a week ago I was approached by a large company I had had a set of interviews with about a year ago. Long story short, I was offered a job with this company and could start as soon as possible. The…
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Working on supermarket till question
Hi My sister who is not registered here wants to know the following: Rates of pay re major supermarkets re till job, how does flex hours work, what skills do you need and is their a CRB check and who pays - sis is 100% clean of any law breaking. Finally, what are your tips, ie who is the best employer in your experiance,…
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Working A Saturday Rota
Hi All, Help required again regarding working a Saturday morning rota. Last year my employer was asking me to work a weekend rota 2 in 4 Saturdays. I was not happy with this, and it got a bit heated, I put a post up about it & went to the CAB, basicly I was advised to negotiate which I did & agreed to work 1 in 4…
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Apply in store or online?
Hi, just a quick question. Saw a sales assistant job I was interested in applying for. Clicked onto the ad from Indeed and it took me through to TotalJobs which has the apply button at the top of the ad to submit a cover letter and CV. However, in the main body of the ad it says that to apply... "Pop your CV into store and…
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Pay rises and inflation
Hi Not sure if this is in the right place. How can I work out how well my pay has increased since I started working in 2004? In line with inflation/cost of living. Thanks
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HELP - Flexibility to do nursery pick-up/drop-off, what are my rights/options here?
I recently returned to work from maternity leave. I was full time when I went on maternity leave but requested to come back 2 days a week initially which my employer had me formally request using their flexible working application form. The request was duly granted and it was agreed that I would work part-time, 15 hours a…
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parental leave
I had never heard of this until I was sent a new company handbook recently. Apparently I'm entitled to 18 weeks per child up to a maximum of 4 weeks per year per child, unpaid of course. Has anyone any experience of using this leave, it would be really handy for me as my wife was hoping to try and return to work but…
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How to overcome guilt at leaving
I posted several weeks ago about being excessively accountable to my current employer because the others in the team seem incapable - root cause is company not paying enough to get the calibre of people, which is pretty technical and with pre-requsities, so we got "entry level" people that needed to be trained, but it…
