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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 [MSE INSERT, 15/02/22: Some of these links are now out of date.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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Uploading CVs on Indeed and other sites
Just downloaded Indeed job search app onto my phone. You can upload your CV onto it and set it so anyone can see it or just who you apply to. As I'm thinking of applying for varied things e.g. homeworking NHS call handler or other working from home jobs then also work in the building industry. I dont want people searching…
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Accrue holiday
Unfortunately I was off sick for 10 weeks earlier this year and my employer is saying that I do not accrue any holiday during this time. Is this right?
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Employment laws protecting parents
I wanted to ask if there are any specific laws which protect parents who work? I am trying to help someone who feels their workplace discriminate against parents. The employer feels that by making reasonable adjustments for a parent they would actually be giving them preferential treatment over colleagues who do not have…
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What are my rights?
Work in a small org. A small org that say on their form when joining they don't recognise any union. I'm know they can't reject any so looking to join one. Without giving too much away everyone in our department apart from me quit over pay issues. I've been, for over 10 months, doing more than my fair share to keep the…
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Am I overreacting?
For a number of years, I've worked in a face-to-face teaching role with a private company. I love my job but recently work have requested that all staff provide a photograph that will be emailed to customers once they have booked lessons. I really don't want to do this because some years ago I was in a very abusive…
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Contract help
Please help. I interviewed for a job with a 5/2 pattern which was confirmed to be MON-FRI. This is stated in the contract without the flexibility working clause. My first day I was told I had the weekend off along with Mon/Tues as my working pattern is Weds-SUN (never having weekends off) I brought up with management what…
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Redundancy without severance
I am working for a company that has served me a notice of
termination stating that they are making me redundant as the company has
experienced a financial decline and making a loss. As per the terms of my employment, there is a three months’ notice which was served in July to
terminate the employment in October. I was…
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Is this NHS increment date correct?
I'm asking this on behalf of a family member as she (or me) can't find a conclusive answer. In the last month, she has moved from a band 4 role to a band 5 role. She joined the NHS in October 2008 and the increment date on recent payslips was "10 Oct 2012". This is 4 years after she started. She only has payslips for the…
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How do I get a NHS 111 job working at home?
Friend mentioned that he knows someone working at home for NHS 111 giving medical advice off internet etc, how do I find and apply for such a job?
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Employment Tribunal - help required for me, a Litigant in Person
Conflict of interest? I am hoping someone here maybe able to assist. My question is all 6 respondents in my claim (I worked across a group of companies) are now represented by the same organisation. It appears that one Respondent is footing the bill for representation and other respondents even past employees (individually…
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Part-time has fewer rights than Full.
Hi. Situation with a local company. Around 20 employees, with roughly a half-dozen being part-time to a greater or lesser degree. The part-timers are contracted pro-rata, so their salary, holiday entitlement, and everything else is calculated as a direct %-age of the full time rate. The company has been looking at making…
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Contractual sick pay
Could anyone tell me if non working days count towards the 4 waiting days for sick pay please? It appears they do on the government website but work is saying not. Also if the sick pay period is 12 weeks I presume that does include non working days? Thank you
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Hours increased does holiday entitlement?
I work full time at a company my hours have always been 35 hours a week for which I get 30 days holiday (including the bank holidays). They recently asked if i would like to do more hours - i have increased my hours to 39 hours per week. - should this mean that my holiday entitlement should increase too? If so what is the…
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Sending CVs off for different jobs
I just fired off the same CV for a bunch of online English teaching jobs then when I wanted to apply for carpenter's mate job it had the same CV, can't you save different CVs on the same app or do I need to download Indeed on a different phone with that different CV saved on there?
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Amazon Delivery Job
Anyone got any ideas / links to how you apply for Amazon delivery jobs? I'd presume there would be quite a few seasonal ones over the next 4/5 months. Thanks
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Pro rata issue - 4 month contract
Hi All, I was given a 4 month contract which started on 4 Sep 2023. I am on their books and being paid PAYE. I have just received my payslip and they have pro rated this as I didn't work on 1 Sep 2023 (agree they should pro rata it) Their calculation is ANN SALARY/260 * 20 = Sep gross salary 260 = working days in a year 20…
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Moving back to the public sector effects me negatively
I have worked for my current employer for around 15 years. Around 2013 our department was privatised and in 2022 it was moved back to the public sector. When I moved back to the public sector I was warned that my salary is in the "red zone" meaning I will receive no further pay rises until my grade catches up (this is the…
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Asda break rules??
Can anyone let me know what the break rules are at Asda. And are these paid or not? Ive been offered 25 hours but some of shifts are 7 or 8 hours so will breaks be taken off so will be less than 25 hours paid??
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Reasonable Adjustments and Working From Home
Hello, I recently had to complete a DSE Assessment with an external provider and because I have some health issues, which I've had surgery for, they advised that I should have an adapted chair and a desk which can raise/lower as required. The outcome of the assessment was sent to the employer, who passed the assessment to…
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Car Allowance when leaving
Hi, I've recently left a job. I worked 9 days in September and had 5 days holiday pay accrued, which was paid to me. I also had a Car Allowance. I was paid the 9 days worth of Car Allowance for the days I worked but not for the 5 days holiday pay accrued? Should I have been paid this extra 5 days as well?
