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2 tier pay rate
Hi, I started a new permanent contract with my employer almost 2 years ago. I'm contracted to work 30 hours per week and started on a salary above the minimum wage rate. Since then my salary has increased to 45p per hour above the minimum wage rate. However, anything I work above my 30 hours, (called additional basic), is…
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aldi job appliation.
I wonder if anyone here has ever applied to work in aldi's. I have as i'm fed up with sitting on my bum. so first of all
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Advice what to do in unusual situation
Hi all, I’m due to start work in 2 weeks time in a new role where I will have 4 weeks training. I’ve been told if I miss a day of the training then I won’t be able to do the role which was fine, until I just found out that my wife is 80% likely to our baby 12 weeks early, which of course will mean she will be in hospital…
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Working from home expenses
I was reading this article recently: https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2020/04/employed-help-coronavirus-furlough/. There is a section which talks about claiming expenses when working from home i.e. 'Working from home? You can claim tax back on additional home expenses'. I have looked at my gas and electricity usage…
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Probation extended worries
I started a new job a few months back but was unable to demonstrate some capabilities because the Corona Virus prevented me from doing certain things. I've been informed my probationary period has now been extended. I do understand they don't want to confirm me in post if they lack evidence of my suitability but it's out…
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Quitting toxic job - good idea or bad idea?
Too much information.
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Inflation pay rise
I will receive an inflationary pay rise of 1.5% in the next few months. I would be grateful to hear how this compares to others who are still fortunate to be working in the current pandemic. I had a look here to discover that the current inflation rate is 0.9%: https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/dvc409/calc/index.html,…
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Civil service reserve list
Hello , I was placed on a reserve list in January for a position within the civil service . Which will expire Jan 2021 . I’m concerned that covid has had approx 4 months of no recruitment at the moment . Does anyone know if the list will be extended , I’ve emailed and received a vague maybe maybe not reply depending on the…
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Partner potentially dismissed from his job!
My partner was suspended with pay from his job (he has been there for a year and a half ish) on 3 June 2020 due to "anomalies in timings", "leaving early" and "un-cooperative and inflexible attitude". We only found out it was these things on 10 June, a week later, when he received a letter to attend a disciplinary meeting.…
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Rounding Up Holiday Entitlement
We know that holiday entitlement cannot be rounded down but I've just read on the ACAS website, (https://www.acas.org.uk/checking-holiday-entitlement/calculating-holiday-pay) "Holiday that's less than a full day "If you’ve built up (‘accrued’) less than half a day of holiday, your employer must round this up to half a day.…
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Overtime holiday accrual
I am a temp worker at a supermarket. I am contracted for 18.5 hours per week and have been given my holiday allowance hours total for the rest of the year pro-rata based on this. Since the start, I have worked overtime every week. It has been 8 weeks now since I started the job and I have averaged 35 hours per week since…
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Annual Leave during COVID
Hello, I'm currently working from home due to COVID, and am doing my job and hours as normal. If we are in isolation, we are expected to work and receive pay as normal, unless we're too sick to work, which would then be covered by the sickness policy. My employer has come out with a new annual leave policy saying that if…
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Work clarifications?
Hi, I'm a chef in a pub. At the moment in forlough . Spoke with my boss few weeks ago and she wasn't unsure to open back up on 4Th July if there were still rules of distancing. As the pub is not really that big with a garden with 6 tables, she said she would make a loss as well because most of our regulars are pensioners.…
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Changed framework rules for apprenticeship
My daughter started an Advanced Apprenticeship in Animal Welfare and Science at the end of February 2020 at a local college. She attended for three and half weeks before the lockdown began and has continued to receive her basic apprenticeship wage. This week she has been told that her apprenticeship will not continue…
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Can my company take back my company van even though I use it privately?
Hi I work for a company where I get a company van with my job and have use of it for private journeys too. Can my company take back my van because they don't want me to drive it even though I get van and fuel allowance each year to able me to drive the van for private use? I do not have my own car so my van is my only form…
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Question about temporary reduction salary and ask for back to normal
Hi. Sorry if it is a little long one and much appreciated for your help in advance. I have been working in a tech company for 6+ years. We had an agreement on email for reduction of 25% salary from 1st of April for 3 months to help company during Covid-19, then received email about another reduction on early May for 35%…
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umbrella ?
I have recently had to take work under an umbrella company, it says that the employer should pay the apprenticeship levy so why am i paying it according to my pay slip ?
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Suspension
Hello, I have recently been suspended from my job due to an issue I was not aware of, I gave a character reference to the foster carer of the child I looked after on how I viewed the situation going on and I was not aware this would be an issue with my company. Is there any advise you could give on how to handle this. I…
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Qualification Equivalent Question?
My contract at work ends soon and i have managed to get a Job Interview in July booked up. I have looked again at the Job Spec PDF and i am worried because i have noticed it asks for Maths A-C GCSE or equivalent, i failed to notice this the first time around but what would be an equivalent to this? Is it Functional Skills…
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Self employed and nhs bank staff help
Hi all I've been a self employed taxi driver for the last 3 years but because of covid have been looking for new work. I've managed to get a bank contract at my local hospital. How does it work with tax? Do I have to inform HMRC? If I remember correctly when I was employed along time ago I had to give my new employer a…
