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“Home, home on the *****”
Friend works for a well known megastore, sing the song above and you’ll get it....lol.... This April the 1st, minimum wage goes up by 50p. So you would expect any hours worked after that date, the hourly rate to attract the extra 50p an hour. The “accounting period” for calculating wages straddles that date (4 week…
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Jobseekers Allowance Run Out
Hi I have been receiving the basic Jobseekers allowance which has now run out. Can anyone confirm when I will be entitled to receive the basic Jobseekers allowance assuming I do not get employment? Do I have to wait until a new financial year? If I do get employment but it is only for a few months can I then claim the…
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Paid through someone elses LTD?
As a sub-contractor what are the caveats of being paid through someone elses LTD company instead of an umbrella? I'm trying to work out how much better off I would be financially (if at all) in comparison with any extra hassle it may cause. I'm not working for the person (my dad) but from what I understand of the agency…
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Magistrate - Anyone done this?
I am looking into being a Magistrate (not family court). My work has agreed to cover my volunteering commitments and i have sat in court for a couple of days. How did you find the role? did they push to get you to take more days or sit more sessions? How long was the training? how did your rotas get worked out? What was…
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Being paid less than a co-worker
I have just found out I'm being paid less than a colleague (we're both female). She started 3 months after me and is getting 3k a year more for doing EXACTLY the same job as me. What to do?
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NHS salary bands
I am a psychology graduate and I am applying for assistant psychologist posts within the NHS. I also have relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis and I am a single parent with two children. Due to my circumstances and my health I am in receipt of Employment and Support Allowance, I am in the support group. The problem I am…
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Interview questions help, please
I'm having a job interview in Tuesday. I'm applying for customer service assistant position. I know I'll have competency questions and I'm worried. I've been running cleaning business for seven years. I googled STAR questions, but I don't know , how to answer . "Demonstrate, when you showed an integrity". " Show me , how…
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Job offer and resignation
Hi all Went for a new job last week and was offered it on Thursday I'm currently a CNC machine setter operator and the new jobs the same. Now the new employer have offered me The job and sent me an email with a job offer for me to sign and return back to them they have signed it all ready is it safe to leave my current job…
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Bank Holidays
I work part-time and get paid by the hour. I get paid a set amount of hours each month, but if I go over the set amount of hours I get paid that number of hours. I get paid 52 hours a month. This month I did 70 hours and there were 2 bank holidays. My question is, should I add the bank holiday hours (which would be two per…
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Civil Service jobs - STAR based questions
Hi all, Thinking of applying for a civil service job, and the online form has sections for describing things like Decision Making and Caring with a 250 word section to fill in based on the STAR system. On some answers I have prepared I have only got a maximum 50 words. I think I have said everything I need to say in those…
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new manager making work unbearable.
hi, I have searched for a place to put this question but couldn't find anywhere but here. I have worked at this job for over a year and I loved it till a new female manager started. I am in my early 60's and my job is customer service/admin it is a small office of around 30-35 people. we all get on well, but have been very…
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Job at Risk - got to apply for role
Moved to other forum
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Tupe question
Hello, Can anyone answer my question please? At work we are in the process of TUPEing over to a new trust, my job role is not on the new plan, I’m more ‘hands on’ but the job on the new plan as the same grade as me is an admin post. So my question is can this new company change me from my current role to a role which is…
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Prince2 Practitioner exam papers lost before grading
I've been chasing for Prince2 Practitioner exam results and have just been told that my exam paper has been misplaced!! The only option I've been given is to redo the exam. I'm fuming and wondering if there's anything else I can do. Any tips greatly appreciated, thanks
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Pay problems at my previous job
I’m not sure how to word this, but on Monday as of this week my last payslip was ready to view, because I left my job. It was £410, and now it is £236 when I viewed it today which is a considerable drop. Would anyone have any advice? Maybe it’s because I didn’t return my uniform? (I worked in retail).
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Unpaid commission
I have some unpaid commission from a previous employer, he left in February 2018 and the new employer who has taken over the company has changed the name of the company and is refusing to pay any unpaid wages/commissions owed by the previous employer. He says it should be paid by the previous employer, is this true?::(
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Do I need a DBS check?
Didn't know where to put this so I thought I would try here... I have a great interest, and a fair bit of knowledge, in certain aspects of wildlife. A teacher from a local Primary School has asked if I would give a small talk to one of their classes about hedgehogs. I have never done anything like this before but would be…
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Competency Based Interview
Hi, I was wondering if anyone could give me any ideas on how long your answer should be to a competency based interview. All the questions will be “give me an example of when you” etc
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0 hour contracts son receives p45
Hi all Hoping you can advise my son, he has just got his first weekend job on a 0 hour contract. He often paid out for travel to get there for them to tell him there was no work. He paid £30 for their uniform which they took out of his wages. He accepted all this and just worked when they needed him. Today he received a…
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HR Help, first time signed off with stress/depression, where do I stand?
Hello all, I!!!8217;ve been reading for a while and have finally decided to post to see if anyone has ever been in my situation and can offer any advice or thoughts? I!!!8217;ve been employed since I was 18 (now 30!) and in my current job for 6 years with absolutely no performance issues or disciplines on record. All of my…
