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employer wants proof of time off?
Hi All, I have recently joined an Investment bank in the IT department. At the end of 2016 I left my then employer and was jobless for about 10 months. During this time I did travelling etc but never claimed any benefits. Then I joined another company for a couple of months where things didn't work out and I got a job with…
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Leave Period
Hi all. I have sent this one to the CAB but wondering if anyone on here can give me any insight. As you may see I have had this problem before. Long story short I started my current job in Jan 17 for what was supposed to be a year long contract for maternity. In October they fired 5 out of 7 of our team and kept myself and…
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Non-taxable travel expenses?
My husband has been offered a new position and I have a query about paying tax on expenses, including travel and parking. The company pay expenses via the normal pay run as a non-taxable payment, however it was my understanding that this would always be taxable? His place of work is flexible, as he works between different…
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5 hour 45 minutes shifts to get around 6 hours break entitlement rule
Hello My partner has been working for Retail clothing/sportswear store for over a year on zero hour contract. As the title suggests they are regularly getting 5 hours 45 minutes shifts so that the managers don't have to give them breaks as per the 20 minutes break rule for 6 work hours break entitlements. I tried to do…
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Informal chat with manager handled badly, advice please
Hi Ill try to keep this short without the details On Friday I handed in my notice to the new head chef as I had felt comments he had made were sexist and I was excluded from the group. I told the head chef I was leaving because my heart isn't it so I lied. I gave two weeks written notice. I was advise by other staff to…
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Legal advice against recruitment agency
Hi, Just looking for some advice! So..... I was due to start a new job on Tuesday- I had the job offer through and accepted it through an agency so all was well. (The complaint isn't against the agency I was using) Then I get an email off a different agency (that I've dealt with in the past) asking me if I was interested…
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Employ or self employed
pros and cons of employing a carer or get someone self employed. Fed up with the turnover of staff with the care agency I use . Thanks in advance
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Should they be self employed
My daughter works in a small coffee shop for about 8 hours a week and there is another lady who does the same. They get paid cash and do not pay any tax and ni normally as they are well under the tax and ni thresholds. However he is has reached the VAT threshold and so has told the ladies this morning they will have to…
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Advice on trying to do my self assessment
I was self employed many years ago and de registered when I stopped. Earlier this year I re registered....or so I thought, even had a conversation on the phone with HMRC saying yes I had re registered etc. Went online today to do self assessment and it says I need to re register and then wait for something to come in post!…
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How to tell boss he's not paying NMW for 3 years?
Hi, We have a dilemma, hubby has worked for boss for 3 years on a farm. Boss has been paying under the old Banding rules- but what he doesn't know they don't exist in England anymore. Also boss treats hubby like a slave, hubby is 57 and he didn't want to upset the apple cart as it were, (as it took him a year to get this…
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Notice period increase....
I have been offered and (verbally accepted) a new job. Have to meet with their HR dept this week to formalize/sign contract. I have been with my current employer 10 years, and my contract states 1 month notice period. This has never been amended (to my knowledge ) but I am now reading that after 2 yrs continuous employ,…
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Apprentice working alone
Hi I’m an adult level 3 hairdressing apprentice and my boss will be on 6 weeks maternity leave in a few months. There will be other non employed hairdressers on site most of the time however they will not responsible for me as they are self employed albeit qualified. We are planning for me to carry out services I am…
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Staff wedding regulations ?
Hey guys , new to the forum . Strange inquiry but an employee at our workplace is having a wedding soon and my manager said that if there are so many staff members at the same gathering we can be penalised by our actions in work hours even though the event is out of work hours and we are not on the rota ?? Any suggestions ?
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NHS & TUPE advice please!
Hello All, I currently have a full time NHS contract with one trust, but split my day to day work 3:2 between two teams. Now I have been informed that the team I work 3 days for is TUPE-ing to a new trust but my 2 days are staying with the original. Surely I don't have to end up working for two employers? If I have a full…
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A few interviews in next few weeks, panicking
My main failure at interviews is I come across as negative in some ways even if I am trying to just create banter, my job coach who comes with me to some tells me its more framing things. I mentioned at last job my training finished the day before New Years Eve and I was informed at 6pm when I was going home I had to do a…
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Presentation interview help
Hi, I have been asked to prepare a 10mins presentation for a leading energy firm. I dont have any energy background experience but i come from a background of compliance and complaints. The idea is to ensure the company stays compliant, complaints are monitored and measure have been implemented to ensure mis selling does…
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P45 before outcome of appeal hearing?
Does anyone know if its normal to get a P45 ahead of receiving the outcome of an appeal hearing? Or would receiving one before suggest that a decision not to reinstate has already been decided? Thanks
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National insurance overpayments
I'm currently receiving maternity pay from my former employer (my contract ended when I was 7 months pregnant so I still qualified) and I'm massively overpaying on student loans, income tax and national insurance. For example this month, I received £657 maternity pay but from that paid £131 income tax, £59 national…
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Grants for self-employed?
My husband is a self employed cycling instructor and I was wondering if anyone is aware of any grants he may be able to apply for to help with the costs of completing further training courses to increase his skills? Details of any other self-employed funding that he could apply for would be great. Thanks
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I'm unemployed for the first time ever, now what?
Sitting here utterly gutted, as 5 months into my job the company has decided they don't want me anymore. I'm leaving with 6 weeks pay in lieu of notice, but I'm unemployed as of today. I've already rung round the job agencies I was registered with 5 months ago, and about to trawl the job sites, but do I need to register at…
