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Overpayment of commission
Hi all. I've been overpaid by roughly £1,300 by my employer on a commission scheme that I didn't meet the criteria to hit. I have agreed to them taking the full amount from my future commission payments (next one, April) but my question is re Tax & NI. Obviously the month I was overpaid, I also paid a much large tax & NI…
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Being paid below minimum wage?
I've had a conversation with a family member recently which leads us both to believe she is being paid below minimum wage. I'd appreciate somebody confirming our thoughts before it's taken any further. She is over 25 and is being paid £20 per day for a 3.5 hour working day. The job ties in with school holidays so she…
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Ex Gratia Payment
I gave 1 months notice to my employer in Jan, and they would like to give me an ex-gratia payment so we part on good terms. Do either of us need to involve any lawyers in the process? and can the payment be made tax free? Are there any additional considerations?
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Mandatory Training
I’ve been told that I must complete mandatory online training. I don’t have appropriate access at home. I don’t have time scheduled at work. I’ve been told to ‘fit it in’. I struggle with online training as it uses video tutorials and I’m hard of hearing. I have done it previously but it takes me much longer than others…
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To get a bank job with poor credit?
Would that be possible?
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Giving Up My Permanent Job
I’m in my late forties with 25 years of stressful work roles behind me and am looking to retire from full time work in next 3 years. I have no kids and am in a stable marriage with a partner who earns enough to pay for both of us. I left an organisation I’d been with for 15 years last year for a job I hate and which was a…
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I know, be thankful for the job
Am in the techinical field and in a role that I choose even though I know from the JD the yearly pay is about £10k under the market rate. I questioned this and was just told "That's what it is there is no option to negotiate". Now in the role and there is extra work that has been added on that was never in the JD. Some of…
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Can employer make employees lend out company car?
My boyfriend has been asked to lend out his company car to a colleague on a semi-regular basis (when she travels out to meet clients which can be 1-3 days at a time). We live an hour commute from his work and it would make it really awkward for him to get to work if he didn't have the car and we use it evenings etc for…
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unfair dismissal
Hi. I have been working for a small industrial business for the better part of a year, with my attendance and performance never being called into question. until this week I have had 2 sick days in 8 months, one day in October and one day in January due to a cold. Now for the last few days, i have been struck down with the…
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Meetings arranged outside of contracted hours
I'm looking to leave my current job as per threads I've started on here but in the interim was looking for clarification on a working practice. I work as a manager on a rotating shift patten 6 until 2 one week and 2 until ten the following week. 6 months ago my manager started to introduce meetings at 14.15 hours every day…
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Mac attack
Hi. I am writing to ask for some advice about references. I have been dismissed from a restaurant ( I am not allowed to say fast food, it is fast service restaurant) The reason for me getting dismissed was actually because of health problems. My friend will give me a reference and she still works there. Would this be okay?
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Repairing career jail and bad choices
Hello, I am currently unemployed and feel as though I am in career jail after a number of bad choices. My post here is just to get it out a little (sorry), but more importantly I would like to hear from others about their experiences and how they got back on the wagon, so to speak. Anyway, my first issue is that I recently…
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DBS Checks
Good morning You can now apply for DBS checks directly via the gov.uk website Search for Request a Basic DBS Check in Google. It should be the top item Its only £25 and is cheaper than most other providers.
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Joining a union in a place with none
Is there any point? I'm just starting a role where the pay is super crap but using it as experience. But after the first year, because of the amount required to do I'll be requesting a pay rise. I know it's currently about £6k under the going rate for the role but I just needed something urgently Yes people say "Be…
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Advice for work please.
Hello all new to this - advice needed bit low actually. Secondary science teacher trained, worked in primary. Was in school 10 yrs made redundant. Managed education teams and was multiple school Governor. Currently working on supply on long term role since Oct 2015. Totally unsure of what to do and whether I should retrain…
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Promotion Without Pay, Slave labour?
I work for a very prestigious automotive manufacturer that operates a "graded" pay scale.., some years ago I applied and was promoted to a middle management position at the time I was told that I would be "developed" in to the pay grade for that role... cut to a few years later and I still have not attained the pay for my…
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Working on public holiday retail
I am working in retail as weekend staff, saturdays and sundays only. My contract says that all weekend staff has contractual liability to work on public holidays. For me, I understand it that I am obliged to work on bank holiday if its saturday or sunday but can I be forced to work on public holidays if it's monday or…
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I have a job interview!
Hi there, As the title suggests, I have a job interview on Tuesday, with a company that is quite close to where I am already working. I am not nervous at the moment but will be by the time Tuesday comes. There are some things on the job description I haven't done before, but the agency and employer must think I can do the…
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Ir35
Hello, I am teaching language in a primary school and used to charge the school a rate per hour or lesson while I am self employed. I pay taxes and N.I. I am now requested to be under the IR35 scheme and be on PAYE . The school wants to pay me a ridiculous amount per hour for only the hours I m teaching meaning that I will…
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Maternity pay question
Hi all, Briefly, a friend of my wife went on maternity leave in early October last year. Her employer assured her that she would get 100% pay for three months. Yesterday the girl went through her bank statements and seen that she was £123 down. She earns in the region of £32,000 per year. Obviously she can ring her…
