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Law firm loses at Tribunal
Not only was Dentons Solicitors found to have unlawfully discriminated against an employee at the end of her maternity leave, but the Tribunal also found that their HR dept destroyed documents and then retrospectively created false ones!…
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Does including O'levels on your CV give away your age
Given that GCSE's were introduced 30 years ago this year, does including your O'Levels on your CV give away your age as anyone who lists them must, by reckoning, be at least over 45 years old. This gives a prospective employee an inkling of your age and the potential to be sidelined based on this, even if you have…
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Employer sent sensitive staff details out?
Not sure this is correct board or even if I should be too concerned, but I've just had a letter from my previous employer saying that my personal details and sensitive staff data was sent to a non secure email address outside of the UK. It does say that my bank details are not included, but name, address, NI number, Dob,…
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Can new employer know when I left previous job
a few days ago I got an offer and I am looking forward to for this new role. There's one thing I didn't tell to the HR and/or to the people that interviewed me, which is that I left my previous job a few months ago. To them, I am still working and now have handed it my notice period, which is not the case as I left…
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Would you advise an unemployed person to go around asking for work?
I have been unemployed for a long while. The majority of time unemployed was due to my own health issues, but the last year or so because I was looking after my dad. I am looking for work again, but finding it difficult. I have sent off many applications, been offered interviews, but so far unsuccessful in my search for…
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Contact end date
Any advice on the below situation would be appreciated: I handed in my notice on 2 October 2017. I had to give 2 calendar months notice and I put in writing to them that I would be terminating my employment of 2 December. When I received my final salary, they have ended my contract on 11 November, without informing me, and…
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Contact end date
Any advice on the below situation would be appreciated: I handed in my notice on 2 October 2017. I had to give 2 calendar months notice and I put in writing to them that I would be terminating my employment of 2 December. When I received my final salary, they have ended my contract on 11 November, without informing me, and…
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I have other people’s wage slips
I get my wage slips sent out through e-Mail and have found another 10 wage slips on the file. What do I do? Is anything illegal happened here? I’m not quite sure what to do??
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retirement on ill health
Hi Currently my wife works for a local authority and 7 months ago she suffered a TIA or mini stroke so she has lost the mobility of her left side. She has made improvement but I'm not sure if she will ever recover fully to go back to work within her role. There has been mention of being pensioned off, bearing in mind she…
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Feeling bullied by another employee?
I've been in my part time warehouse job for almost five months now and I do feel mostly settled in there, but there's one colleague of mine who is getting verbally abusive pretty much. He's always seemed a bit ignorant even from the start, I'd say good morning to him and he'd usually just ignore me. I thought he was just…
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can an employer change the overtime cut off date?
Hi all! As above, So usually our cut of would be the 17th but I've just found out its been changed to the 7th. basically that means we would miss 10 days of overtime that would have gone into January pay. No one has made us aware that it has changed at any point, It was by pure fluke we found out. Really disappointed as…
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Interview attire.
I have an upcoming interview with a charity for a homeless outreach job ( I’m not leaving my full time role). Given the nature of the job and where it is, would it be ok to wear a business suit with a polo shirt or suit, shirt and tie etc. Normally I’d advocate appropriate dress but I’ll throw this one out to you guys.…
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Zero hour contracts
I have worked for a care company on a zero hour contract for some years, I have worked above 40 hours per week for the last couple of years, due to the death of my client I have received no hours for the past 3 weeks and have been given 16.5 hours next week! My company gave me 5 days holiday pay which I had to use before…
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Genuine Work From Home Jobs
Hi All, I was hoping that someone may be able to point me in the right direction for employers that allow people to work from home? I have a good PC, good broadband and was hoping that there was someone out there that may point me correctly? Unfortunately Google does not suggest anything legitimate.. Ideally BT or someone…
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New employer not giving me contracted hours
Hello! This is my first post on Money Saving Expert, and I'm afraid it's going to be a long one. If anyone can help me it would be greatly appreciated. Buckle up, folks - it's story time. I applied for a job as a receptionist in a hotel. I was given an interview with the deputy general manager, and a few days later he got…
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Lost job due to incorrect reference
I was recently offered a job but the offer was withdrawn due to an unsatisfactory reference. I recently got the reference information via a Subject Access Request and have discovered this reference has some wrongful information. Is there anything I do regarding this?
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Unused Holiday Pay
It has recently come to light that none of my holidays have been allocated in my work place and I am unable to use the rest of my holiday entitlement. I haven't used any of my 6 weeks holidays, however I was under the full impression that by October the 1st they would automatically be allocated as it states so in my…
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Updating a CV
Hey, I've recently decided i want to move on from my current job, but i've been here since for 10 years (Since i was 18) So my current CV skills aren't exactly up to date! I've got an extremely basic CV saved, but i'm struggling what to put down in the Key Skills part that isn't already in my job description? Also, do i…
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Maternity and FTC's
My wife has been on an FTC for 3 years and 7 months (due to be made perm in August - she's a teacher). Baby due in September Her contract expires in around April, it would generally get renewed. We are worried it will not get extended and will affect maternity leave etc Any advice anyone?
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Is an AAT qualification worth it?
I currently have an office job which includes a small amount of accounts, but it's basic stuff and I have no formal qualifications. I am looking to move on, as I can't see a future with this company at all (long story). A lot of even basic sounding finance/accounts positions require you to be either working towards, or…
