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Leave
My normal working hours are 0800 to 1700 Monday to Friday, but we are allowed to start at 0730 to 1700 Monday to Thursday which allows me to finish at 1200 on Fridays due to the extra half hour Mon to Friday. If i want to take Friday morning as leave, I must submit a leave request for a whole day even though i normally…
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Working for sainsburys and tesco together
Hi All, I have just started working for sainsburys part time for 12 hours in the weekends. The store i work for has advertised another shift of 16 hours but the hours dont match with my childcare, I am available to do 5 hours from the advertised job. Do you think it would be appropriate to ask my manager, if i can add…
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Unemployed 19 year old student and can't provide for family?
I'm a 19 year old uni student who studies from home. I lost my job last month, which meant that me and my Mom would be without much money. My Mom is disabled and cannot work, when I worked I had to pay £300 for rent which went straight to the council to our landlord, so I'd give my Mom an extra £100 for food and bills,…
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P45
Hello, i am due to finish at my current employers on 31st January & starting with a new employer on the 5th Feburary, i am due to receive my last payslip on 28th January, but my employer has already issued me my P45 dated 18th Januray. Is there any issue with it being issued before my last payslip & also there being 18 day…
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Rights at ASDA
A friend is having problems being bullied by other staff. They work at ASDA. When she tried to deal with it via management she was told as she has not worked there for 2 years or more there is nothing that can be done to help her. Is this right? It seems wrong to me but then Im not really up on employment law and the like.…
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What jobs that you never have done would you love to do?
Can be wild as possible I would like to be either a footballer , wrestler or a tennis player
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Change of role
Hi, I have been with my company for 8 years and in a middle management role for 3 years. The company is having a restructure and wants to change my role into one with more responsibility but there will be no pay rise. There are 6 of us doing the same role as me and they want to get this down to 4. So we have to express…
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Workload analysis: emails
Hello I have been asked recently to do workload analysis. It is actually something I raised in the past as I feel my current workload exceeds no of hrs available. A large portion of my time is spent on reading or sending emails. I can easily get number of emails for each day however I struggle to allocate timing to show…
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verbal warning
Can a company give you a verbal warning for being off sick 3 times in a year even though you have letters from dr saying that you were ill and on prescription medicine. each time you were off work.
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Sick leave, injured while on holiday
Had an accident on a prebooked holiday that prevented me from working. Had to take a few weeks off. After returning to work I was told that due to the fact that my sick leave was directly before or after a holiday, it is possible the company will treat it as me extending my holiday, regardless of reasons. In this…
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Apprentice Levy
I work as an IT contract. Started a new contract and having to use an umbrella company. That's all new to me. Just noticed a charge on my payslips for the 3 weeks been in this role so far. It says "Apprentice Levy". I questioned them about it and they state: I can see it mentioned in the contract now however the only thing…
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Employer in dept for me
Hello guys, I'd like to find out what can I do because my employer ignoring me and don't want to pay what he owes. Long story short: I started working for that company October 2017. Construction industry. I'm working as self-employed and sending him invoices every week. I'm working on day work rate. There was deposit week,…
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Level 2 food hygiene
Hi I’m currently employed and just failed a level 2 food hygiene exam, iv been told iv got to retake the exam at my own cost (which I don’t mind) but if I fail this one I will lose my job. Iv been employed for this company for about 9 mouths. Iv never had to do one. Just wondering if anyone could tell me if that is the…
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Skeleton references - a bad thing?
I'm in the process of applying for new jobs and I'm worried about my current boss giving a poor reference. The main issue is she doesn't fulfill her duties then blames others and there's no way of broaching the subject because she finds a way to patronise you for supposedly not doing your job properly :lipsrseal I receive…
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Work stress issue
Hi all, Try and keep this short and simple. I am a manager at a large company and manage a busy 24/7 location remotely from my employers with full control of everything. In late October 2017 a disgruntled employee made a complaint against me which because of its nature and the length of time it took them to investigate (…
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P45 - wrong date, ex employer wont change
Hi, New to forums, often read for advice but can't find anything that matches what I need to know completely. My ex employee let me go 1st November with no notice and no wages. After going through ACAS we have reached a settlement, more in his favour but I could have lost my home if I held out for tribunal. I have since…
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Lidl Jobs
With a new Lidl opening next door to the Tesco I alrwady work at Lidl have said anyone at Tesco who wants a job there can have one my question do they offer full time jobs I know the pay is more than tescos but I work full time at tescos on the checkouts also can you just work on the tills at Lidl or do you have to do…
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Medical consent issue
My gf is off sick for 6 weeks with an injury and wants to refuse Occ Health permission to write to her consultant about the injury. OH said if there's no consent then they can only advise the company based on their judgement. My gf is fine with that as OH think she'll be off longer than her current sick note but she is…
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Self employed help please
Hi, I’m wondering if someone can help me or put me in the right direction. I have left my full time employment in beginning of October 2017. Then late October 2017 I have became self employed, this is a very small dog walking and pet sitting business. No start up costs. So far I earned about £300, but there have been quite…
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Underpaid and having to wait a month
Hi all I'm paid by the hour (monthly) and I received my wage slip today, which seemed surprisingly smaller than I was expecting. I totaled up the amount of hours I believe I have worked and compared it to what the wage slip said, and there was a substantial difference. I brought it up it with my manager, who checked my…
