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Paid too much - keep quiet or come clean?
I’ve just received my first payslip since my (less than inflation) pay rise and I’m getting more than expected. From my calculations they have paid my travel allowance twice. My employer has done this before, I didn’t realise at the time, but it was discovered a year later, I wasn’t required to pay the £800 extra back, but…
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Working Extra Hours
I work at a car dealership, my contracted hours are 42.5 hours per week. I work Monday to Thursday 8:30am to 6pm (one morning I start at 8am and one evening I leave at 6:30pm). I also work alternate weekends, Saturday 8am to 5pm and Sunday 10am to 4pm. Yesterday we had an event so we worked until 8:30pm. I just spoke with…
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Part time holiday entitlement
Hi lovely people, I have so far searched the wild web for answers but I can not find a calculator that could help me out. I am working 4 days a week 5.25 hrs a day (wed day off) and my line manager calculated my annual holiday allowance as 12.2 days (64 hours) This means I can be away from work a total of 3 calendar weeks…
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Male collegue earns 10k more than me
So my male counterpart appears to earn 10k more per year than me. We share the same job title but he is 1 grade above me, however I am more qualified in our particular field. You could argue he is older by about 4 years, and has differing skills to me. However, we both bring useful and relevant experience to the table. I…
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Job searching after redundancy is depressing
Does anyone else find the whole aspect of job searching really hard mentally. I was made redundant in November and have found it really difficult since. I spent 30+ years going from job to job without any professional qualifications before finding a field I enjoyed. I was supported to gain qualifications, first at Level 3…
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Virtual assistant jobs
Does anyone have any experience in Virtual assistant jobs? I’m looking for some extra income, and crucially, the ability to work evenings and weekends (preferably from home), and a virtual assistant sounds like it could be promising. I’ve seen sites such as www.peopleperhour.com, but after a quick browse the listings, I…
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Too soon to ask for a pay rise?
Evening all. I'm looking for some advice but need to give some background first: I've been working for my current company for a couple of years. Recently my department underwent a restructure, and during that time I applied for a new job within it and got it. My salary had been at £25k and originally the new job - which…
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First contract after 20 years employment..
Hi all, my first post having used this forum as a source of knowledge over the years. I will keep this brief and simple! Have worked for the same company for nearly 20 years. When I started I received a letter detailing the job I would be doing, my hours, salary etc. which I signed. All other job details not specific to my…
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Accident at work - Medical
Hi I am not sure what forum I am best to post in just looking for an advice. I had an accident at work in August 2018 and then required surgery due to this the following year. I now have an appointment coming up for a medical and I am unsure what to expect any advice or experience of similar would be appreciated. Thanks
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Colleague on more money than me
Not sure if there is anything I can do about this but a year and a half ago a new member joined our team. We are a small company and this lady is a close friend of the boss (as am I). After she had completed her 3 month probationary period, my boss called me to his office explaining that as he was paying the new lady more…
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Cleaning contract
We employ a commercial cleaning company to clean our office and building. Just before Christmas the cleaners completed their clean, went but left the main front door ajar and the building alarms off. Fortunately one of the directors came in to do some work a few hours later. Luckily there had been no issues with intruders.…
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Hearing and trade union rep
Hi I work in small company but unfortunately I am faced with a disciplinary hearing but need a trade union rep how to go and find out list of independent reps.
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Cross-post from pensions board - problem with early retirement
My husband is disabled and has recently had (successful) treatment for cancer. His care needs have increased over the past couple of years and as I'm in my late 50s and he is in his 60s (retired, receiving work pension and gets state pension next year), we were looking at my options in regard to work/caring…
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missing salary
I am going to keep it simple but please let me know if you need more details. I work for one to the main high street banks. Back in September I used our system to change where my salary gets paid into. Due to a mistake I ended up changing the sort code but not the account number. Which meant that my salary ended up paid…
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Removing holiday days
So my boyfriend has worked for the same company for about 25 years, through this continuous employment he has accrued 5 extra days holiday per year. The company set up changed, one of the three partners left and was bought out my another partner. So now there are two partners (66% vs 33%). All three had shares in two…
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Withholding of bonus on retirement!
Hi, after some impartial advice please. After 29yrs continuous employment, I notified my employer in writing on 3/1 of my intention to leave the business retire) and gave my statutory 12 weeks notice which has been confirmed back to me as 27/3. I am considered a good leaver. The Company has paid for a number of years, a…
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Left under investigation, returning to permanent work
A year ago I left a job with the council whilst under investigation. I've worked for several agencies successfully and have been offered many permanent positions. I've not wanted the roles and have been happy with my agency work This week I was offered a role at a lovely place but sadly it is run by the same council. Would…
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Working on a bank holiday
Hi. I’ve just started a p/t job at boots and have just found out that holiday is being deducted from my entitlement for bank holidays that I have worked. Apparently they pay you for the hours worked plus the equivalent annual leave therefore reducing the number of days leave you can actually take. This doesn’t seem right,…
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Holiday entitlement when off sick
Hi I’m due to have an operation in 2 weeks time and expect to be off work for 8 weeks after. I have not used all my holiday entitlement yet I still have 2 and a half weeks left to take ( I have already had 4 weeks) which I did have booked for March but will now be on sick leave. I’m due back in work around the 20/3 but…
