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Food Business
I've always wanted to try having my own business and thought a food business might be good. Not a cafe with lots of over heads but a mobile van. Either travelling about, pitching somewhere or attending events. I know it will mean working anti social hours and I suspect my income will drop but I think I'd regret not trying.…
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Notice during probation - need to become a carer
Please forgive me if I'm posting in the place. My situation is that I'm in my probationary period at work and wish to give notice, as I need to become a carer to my mother. She can't be left for long following a series of different recent illnesses, and I'm happy to become her carer. She would prefer this to strangers…
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Practical Interview Wear
I have a job interview (YAY!) for a dog trainer position within an assistance dog charity and have a "unusual" concern that I'd like some advice on. This is the first interview - if I get through this I go back for a longer practical assessment. However they have told me I will be there about 90 minutes and after the…
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Accrue holidays if a new starter? (civil service)
I seem to find online that places operate differently. Does anyone know if the civil service make you accrue holidays at a certain rate per month or if they are just available from the start? I have had a holiday booked for a while in May. I start the job end of the March. I'm just hoping I'll have five days worth of…
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Job references
Hello, I started a new job a couple weeks back which has been going great. The company have informed me that I havent provided any references so give me some forms to complete. One of the questions on one of the forms is how many days I have had off sick in the last 12 months. I am a bit worried now as I had around 20 days…
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Space rent contract question
Hi there, I'm looking to rent our a room in my beauty salon to someone who'll be providing massage and waxing services to her customers, I'm getting a contract put together, and I was wondering if you could tell me which clause I need to add to the contract so that I and my business won't be held responsible if anything…
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Unpaid holiday time
Hi. My employment was terminated under a week ago, and now on pay day (monthly) the company has not paid me for the holiday week i booked and had off the week before i was dismissed. Is this legal? I have not received a payslip in the post, just some wages deposited in my account, so i cant tell exactly what i have been…
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From retail to product/marketing/operations
I am working at one of the biggest luxury beauty brands in Oxford street as a business manager. This is the highest you can go in retail before going for an area manager position. I have been working for the same brand for 5 years now, started as a beauty adviser. I have been promised a move to head quarter offices by my…
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Handing in notice
Hello Really not enjoying job that ive been in last 9 months so have found another job starting in May I only have to give 1 weeks notice Question If I hand my notice in on Thursday 29th March will the Bank holiday be included in the weeks notice , so my last working day would be 5th April ? thanks
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Snow Day Rights
Hi all, we have a new Snow Day Rights guide, and we'd love to hear your feedback. Just click reply below to share any info. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all works, read our New to Forum? Intro Guide. Thanks for your help, MSE Megan F
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Staff parking space, Damage
Recently, when reversing out of a staff parking space at work, my exhaust was damaged and has had to be replaced. The parking gate was not correctly secured to the ground and flipped up into the underside of my car, loosening the exhaust which later fell off. Part and replacement has cost me nearly £180. I have been told…
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Reclaim holiday pay for previous years as off sick
I have been on long term sick leave but lucky enough to be covered by a company insurance policy that paid half pay for the last 5 years, now that has come to an end my employer is offering me ill health retirement. I was paid holiday pay for the days I did not use for the first year but they advised I wasn't due it when I…
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Shareholder
Hi there, My brother in law relatively recently started up his own business. He has secured contracts and has offered my husband, his brother, a job paying him a salary and also a 5% stake in the Company. Based on the Contracts already secured the net profit is £70k per week. Is my understanding of this correct in that my…
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Cost of company car?
I've been offered a job which includes a (heavily branded) company car, which is essential to do the role (field based). I have until tomorrow to decide if I want the job or not. Someone mentioned to me when I was talking it over with them that the company car might cost me money (insurance? tax?), and I've become a bit…
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Help! - Don’t know what to do!
So in September 2016 I started an apprenticeship but unfortunately in June 2017 due to the owners family circumstance she had to close the business. As I still hadn’t finished my apprenticeship I found some temporary work in the same business to finish my apprenticeship but I was delayed starting due to my previous…
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Want out of my job, best way forward?
I've been with the company since last November. Have been getting more and more stressed by the day with my role, i can't stand the sales environment and desperately wanted to search for something else, so following a doctors appointment who advised me to take 2 weeks sick leave i've been off since yesterday. I made a bit…
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Accident at work
I wonder if anyone can provide some guidance. My husband had an accident at work back in October. The accident was as a result of something that he had previously reported as being a hazard, but was not corrected and he injured himself resulting in having to have 5 days off work. He was only paid SSP and the company would…
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Potentially being asked to relocate
So, I work for a local company and have done for several years. It's a very short commute and I enjoy my job. I've had one half-day sick day since 2011, I'm always here, I always deliver. I essentially run a one-man showroom. The company I work for is owned by an elderly gentleman, he employs his sons and grandsons on very…
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Help .. what should I do now?
Hello my first ever post :j I'm 52, dyslexic & live in England - and have been working as an unwaged carer for the past 7 years. Now, things have now changed in my life and I now have a possible opportunity of some funding to take a short training course / or to study for a qualification - but I am at a loss of what to do…
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Right to be Forgotten - GDPR
Under the new GDPR legislation - Right to be forgotten, will employment records of dismissal be removed?
