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Employment & Jobseeking USEFUL LINKS
The following links may prove useful in looking for information about Employment and Jobseeking. [MSE INSERT, 15/02/22: Some of these links are now out of date. You can find an updated list on this page of the thread] MSE Fully Researched Guides Low Income Grant Grabbing House and Energy Grant Grabbing Great Grants Hunt…
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How do i create an invoice to be payed?
Hi, I started a new job on 29th Sept 2025. Its for a startup Engineering company in London. Working as an Electronics Engineer. I just read the "consultancy agreement", and it says i will be payed on the last business day of the month as long as i provide an invoice. What does this mean? Its 9th Oct 2025 today, and they…
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Wages issue
Hi My wages are paid into my Monzo account and one of the features on the account is at 4pm the day before payday you can request your money to be paid in the day before. Never had an issue using this feature but when I did it this month the balance was showing but was greyed out and i had no access to it, couldnt tranfer…
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Pay date change
Hi im after some advice, maybe some just to calm me down. so today we received an email stating that our payday currently the 6th of the month will be changing to the 28th of the month. So our last pay will be 6th Feb and then the next pay will be the 28th March. In my contract it states that I will be paid on or around…
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Underpaid but too scared to go leave
Hi all, I've been in my job for many years now with a fairly small company. To get payrises you have to request a pay review and what seems like generous increases I realise just gets me a bit above the next minimum wage increase. I recently looked at the normal salary range for what I do and am literally at the bottom or…
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Freedom Blueprint
Hello! Has anyone tried the Freedom Blueprint by Philip Johansen and had any success please? I am super tempted as I’m being told I can pay $12 odd for the training to implement their system but & have earning potential of $1k per day but obviously, this sounds far too good to be true! I am willing to put the work in…
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Group income protection
Who had this? Who didn't know there company did it? I was on sick leaves getting about 600pounds a month then it stopped for about a month now I. Getting 3.1k (70% of my monthly income) and there's no underwriting involved. This is all for 5 years. who knew about gip? Who knew their company did it? was all a shock when I…
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Tax question
Hello Forumites, Just looking at spouse's pay slip and too impatient to wait till Monday. Her employment situation: - Basic rate tax payer - Started new job a week before pay roll cut off First payslip shows this which is quite confusing - Gross pay 200 - Deductions 362 - Net pay 562 - Tax code 1257L Payments showing as…
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Don’t think I’m going to progress should I move on?
After some opinions on this. Made redundant a couple of years back, I’m a cabinet maker, been doing it 25 odd years, fully qualified, the closest suitable job I could find was in a manufacturing company, they do furniture but also a mix of other wooded items such as doors, fireplaces etc. I stupidly thought well if I can…
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long time self employed, now looking for part-time employed .. help!
My situation is that for the last 15 years or so, i've had to be extremely flexible to manage bringing up my daughter and also subsequently managing some rental properties that my late dad left me while my stepmum was still alive and entitled to some of the income. These properties were some distance away and required…
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Contract FOR services contract
I have applied for a job and it wasn't clear that the employment was not going to be directly with the company I applied to. I have been sent documentation stating that I'll be working under a Contract FOR services agreement. Is this effectively an agency? Any good or more importantly any bad points I need to look for…
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Can't download Microsoft Outlook for work
Hi My phone is a Samsung SM J330FN bought in 2019 and it wont download the latest Outlook App....which i need on my mobile phone for work. Do you know... 1...How to find which Android version you have on your smartphone? 2....Which operating system you have on you smartphone 3...How to download an older version of outlook?
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Should I quit my job after being suspended pending investigation thats not yet been concluded?
Hi there, so I was suspended with immediate effect after my shift a month ago meaning I could not come in for any subsequent shifts I was scheduled for. To give a little back story i did something that would be seen to the company as misconduct. I rectified the situation myself immediately and apologised, but then an…
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Annual payrise but they will not back it?
I work in the private sector and we have a payrise each yr which has always been backdated to 1st April. This year a 2% increase was refused and now its taken until last wk to agree to increase pay to 4% but they will not be backdating this? Is this right? Can they witheld to backdate us?
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GDPR Breach?
Hi! Unsure if I am posting in the right place. It not I do apologise. I am after some advice if I can if possible please on a situation which is entirely my fault. So in 2024 I worked for let's say RANDOM public sector organisation. I was one of 4 staff who dealt with misdemeanors for about 75,000 people. Whilst working…
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Stat MAT pay with 2 jobs and repaying tax owed
I currently work two jobs and have realised in my main job my tax has increased quite alot and i have been put on emergency tax. I earned too much in my second job and have now been put into higher tax bracket. I owe them money so will pay back through my tax in my main job until April next year. My query is i am pregnant…
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Contracted hours
A friend of mine works for a food wholesaler, as a sales ledger clerk. Her contracted hours are 09:15-18:15. Recently, she was suddenly told to start working 07:30-16:30 and to also cover reception (receptionist has left and there appears to be problems within that area). Nothing has been put in writing, no pay increase…
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Finished college - not sure on next steps - working part time
possibly not the right subject, but looking for any guidance for my child. they've finished college, not sure what they want to do long term, taking a year off from education, may go to uni next year, may not. Currently working part time (stayed in the job they had alongside college). Hours / earnings aren't high enough to…
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Working is Pointless
So, I started a new job 3 months ago. it's going pretty well. So well in fact that I was given a £500 bonus on top of my wages for my hard work. Which in a vacuum sounds great and I'm super grateful for the gesture. Then I checked my bank statement.... £100 less than usual. On top of this, I received a text from our…
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Cleaners insurance
Hi, me and my partner work together cleaning, we are both employed full time. We need some extra hours and will be doing some self employed work together cleaning offices. I wondered if we both needed to get public liability insurance as sole traders or if we can pay once, as business together. I have only ever been a sole…
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Bouncy castle business or similar??
Hi Im looking into bouncy castle hire business or similar. Im currently employed in a job I detest and have been off with stress a number of months . I have been looking at similar jobs but I can only imagine ending up on the same situation within a few years 40 year old pharmaceutical supplier (warehouse worker) Im a…
