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Changes to verbal agreement plus no pay??
So..... I work for a company, during the pandemic I was asked to work from home to take phone calls that couldnt be taken in the office. I asked if this would be a permanent change and was told yes it would. I asked for a contractual change but was advised it would not be needed as this was a verbal agreement and it would…
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Long term sickness and accrued holiday
I have had cancer and been on sick leave for 8 months. I can return to work 26th January however I have 7 weeks annual leave to take before end of March. Would I be allowed to take the annual leave when sick leave ends or is it up to my employer to choose how and when I take my annual leave. I feel I would benefit from…
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Umbrella company NI deductions
I have been carrying out around 25 hours work a month via an umbrella company since November 2021. They have been treating this as weekly pay (with the consequent employer and employee national insurance deductions) even though this work occurs only monthly. I have just managed to get them to agree to a monthly pay…
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Reference Problems!
I recently managed to land a civil service type admin role as part of my Job Search but i am having many issues with my unreliable references. Unfortunately 2 of the references i am relying on are now gone; one was a place i volunteered at and the other a former employer for many years. The employer has informed me they…
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Shared Parental Leave Help
Hi, I am hoping someone is able to help me. My company is offering me full pay for 3 months, half pay
for 3 months and then SMP after that whilst on maternity leave. Our plan was for
me to take 6 months and then we would switch to shared parental leave where my husband
would then take 3 months leave and I would take 3…
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Emergency tax on a pension lump sum
Hi, Everyone. As title says I paid emergency tax on my pension lump sum in Sept 21. Will I need to claim this back or will the inland revenue automatically pay me back in April this year.
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Can I apply for a job and attend interview whilst in the sick?
Just looking for some advice and found this site whilst using Google for an answer. My problems started almost 8 months ago when I received a threatening phone call at home from a work colleague on an opposite shift. He actually rang me using the phone on the machine we work on. Although he denied making threats, he did…
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Equal pay
Think I have an equal pay claim. The facts are. Big firm. We all got 10.80 per hour. We all have hgv 2 licence. 3 people have hgv 1 to. The hgv 1 is not relevant to do our job and is not needed for it only class 2. If the job is advertised it is done for a hgv 2 driver. They have gave the class 1 drivers a pay rise to 12 a…
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Electricians course
I am considering doing an electricians course, which will start with a new electricians domestic installers course. I was wondering if anyone had experience of these courses and how valuable they are. My slight concern is that they teach you theory and some practical, but may not help with real life job situations. Any…
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MS Excel or Business Analyst volunteer
Hi, I'm want to volunteer a few hours a week to help people or businesses with any spreadsheet problems or jobs. I worked in procurement 17 years ago and used excel, but want to get more familiar with day to day spreadsheet tasks to boost my skill set and current experience. I work full-time as a Kindergarten Teacher, so…
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Working for a small company?
Hey guys, hope you are all well. I need some advice as in two minds as to what to do. I've been offered a supervisor position for a small utility company, me a long with 4 other staff and the 2 owners. They've been in business about a year and have various work coming up. I'm currently in a medium size business of about…
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Work from home law/guidance
Work from home law is expected to be ended on January 26th if not earlier for people in England. What I am confused about is whether that becomes guidance instead? Take Wales for example, they have ended WFH being a legal requirement and instead it will be guidance. ( From Wales Gov site: "working from home remains…
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Term time contract mistake
I am employed on a term time contract, and have been in this job for 3 years. However, I believe there has been a mistake with my salary as I have been paid for full time, not term time. I an severely worried, as I’m panicking that my employer will ask me for the money back (as they have paid me for 52 weeks of the year,…
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Asking for data erasure
Quick question. If I'm leaving a company, can I ask the employer to erase all my data after my service is no longer needed? Per Data Protection 2018 I do have right for that.
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Annual tax summary letter
Hey. I am on paye and I use to get an annual tax summary letter from hmrc simply outlining what services my tax had been spent on. Have they stop sending these? And have they made it all digital as I haven't had one for 2 years now
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On Call Payments
I am part of an on-call rota in an IT Department in the NHS. There are 5 of us who do a week on call at a time, but 3 of us are band 4, one is band 5 and one is a band 6. The payment system is that you get a percentage of your salary for actually being on call and then you get a full hour pay for being called (even if it…
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Job not what was described
I have found myself in a job since December last year which isn’t what was advertised or sold to me. Basically the job forms 2 parts. One I have a lot of experience in. Second part not so much but both are loosely related. They knew this and accepted it. I am now 6 weeks into the job and haven’t as much as had a chance to…
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Is this even legal?
My 16 year old daughter works for a large burger fast food chain in the uk. I have just been to pick her up and she told me that her boss explained she owed £36 and had to pay either cash or card. When I questioned what this was about she told me they make a note every time a till is down and once it reaches a certain…
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NHS afc banding within trust advice
I would like some opinions if possible please. My current nhs trust has several hospitals / sites all under the same trust. If an employee has the same job title / position/ job description as me on one site, is there anything lawfully under AFC terms etc that says that we should both be paid at the same banding as we are…
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Job seekers travel card - Limited eligbility?
Hi, I have found the Job Seekers travel card really useful as i look for work. My Job Seekers Allowance based on contributions ran out in October. I have tried to renew the card today and was told the previous one was the last one. Does anyone have any experience of this? - I am still actively looking for work and have…