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Self assessment: does profit < £1,000 mean I'm not self-employed any more?
I was filling my self-assessment tax return. I made less than £1,000. The final recap screen stated "In the year starting 6 April 2023 and ending 5 April 2024 you have told us you: (...) were not self-employed". Why does it say that I'm not self-employed? I've been self-employed for many years. If I submit this, will the…
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Office Christmas Party - Discrimination?
Hi, My friend works for a large UK company. Her employer's health insurance provider has previously recommended (citing the Equality Act) that she works exclusively from home due to having several serious illnesses linked to her immune system. Whilst the employer has been very accommodating, and my friend is very grateful,…
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Need some advice to help my friend who has been the victim of a scam
Hello! I am here to get some advice on behalf of my friend who has been victim of a scam she is in a lot of depression because she has lost lot of money and not in a position to do this by herself. She has shared what happened to her and I am trying to get as much help as possible to get her money back. About scam: My…
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TUPE - new contracts
OK so the old company that I worked for sold to another company on 14th November 2024. We was informed at the time that our contracts were protected by TUPE and we would basically just carry on as we were. On 14th January 2025, I had a new contract land in my personal email box. No notice, no indication of why. I haven’t…
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Can I get sacked due to arthritis?
I have arthritis in my ankle and it flares up making it impossible to walk on. I am currently working from home and one day a week in the office but there are rumours office days will increase to three days. Obviously the more I walk, the more chance I have of it flaring up. I am frightened that I won’t be able to make it…
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Shared lives - pay question
Hello, I have an inquiry regarding the 'Shared Lives' scheme in
Telford. My wife is a carer in this program through the council, Shared Lives
Telford. Although Shared Lives carers are classified as self-employed
by the council, they cannot set their own fees. Instead, the fee paid by the
council is predetermined, and the…
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Tupe transfer benefits
I was on a contract for a company contracted to a business and the business decided to take the contract on themselves and I was transferred over on a tupe contract. Employees that work for this company get staff discount, but we were told that we would not get this perk within this job role. Since the transfer other…
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Managed out
Hi I am being managed out by my employee due to performance. I am waiting for the formal meeting at the moment, I am unsure whether to fight or just accept it, have been in my job for 27 years and have never been on a performance plan before so I'm not really sure what has happened. At 52 I am worried that I might struggle…
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Moving away from Retail work
Hello everyone, I'm trying to help a good friend who has been working in retail for over 15 years, primarily in supermarket chains. Their experience includes shop floor duties, working at tills, and optical assistance. Unfortunately, the pay and work hours in retail aren't the best. We're looking for ideas on what other…
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Universal Credit and Job start date
So I have a normal seasonal job that runs Mid Feb-November. I signed up for UC in October last year in anticipation for becoming unemployed (whilst applying for jobs over the winter period). I was not successful with any jobs I was applying for (at least 10 per day) and I came across Evri. I started working for them,…
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Pro rata pay
I work 3 hours a day at a school and get £644 every month throughout the year even during the school holidays.Im not the cleverest of people and wondered am I actually getting paid the right amount.Im 55
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Annual leave for four and four off but also oncall
Hi everyone, I’m having a little bit of a battle with Management at the moment and I can’t seem to find the answer as to who is right! So my annual leave entitlement is 20 days a year based on me working a four on four off pattern but on top of this I also have on-call responsibility for what works out to be an extra 35…
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Self employed
Hi all, I've been self employed for 18 months now. I agreed to work for a small company as a self employed member of 'staff'. I get paid a daily rate, regardless of hours worked, which I invoice for, so, if I work 20 days a month, I invoice for 20 days. I really like what I am doing. I had to buy my own materials,…
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NHS TUPE TRANSFER & Banding
Hi, I am just looking for some advice regarding TUPE transfer and NHS banding. Back in 2019 I transferred from an NHS trust to a new provider of NHS dentistry. I was working as a band 5 dental nurse for the NHS trust and then after a period of time the new provider changed our banding to band 4, which myself and other…
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SSP
After a lot of stress with acas and work paying me rolled up holiday pay, I've gone on sick . I've been off sick since 27th December ,l Is this right ? Paid fortnightly so. 23/12. 8 hours 24/12. 2.5 ( it was so cold , they had no heating on ) 25th & 26th no pay 27 first day of sick to 30th 30th to 3rd sick note from doc I…
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MATERNITY ALLOWANCE/ SMP
Why is maternity pay still unfair and poor? My daughters main job is a self employed tattoo artist,and works 10 hours a week as a carer to bring in extra income.so now that she is pregnant she is not allowed to use her self employed status to claim maternity allowance and has to go by the 10 hours she works for,basically…
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Company Car Tax - why am I still being taxed for a car that I no longer have access to?
In July 2024, I left my employer of 7 years to start a new role. My P45 went through as expected and my former employer declared I had no access to the vehicle from my contract termination date. Since then, my new vehicle has been added to my tax code, taking it to 675L. However, every month my old company car (which I no…
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Seeking Advice on Directors' Insurance and Equal Share Control in a Partnership
Hi All, I am looking for some advice from business owners in a similar position. My business is owned and run by three partners, each holding one-third of the company's shares. We are considering getting directors' insurance to ensure the company can continue smoothly in case something happens to any of us. This would help…
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Need career advise
I have been working in a nhs hospital aa an administrator for 5 years then quit because I was looking after my toddler and had health issues. At my old job I was earning a band 2 wage about minimum wage and I got comfortable and didn't think about moving up. I have a degree in computer.science but I didn't like programming…
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Apprenticeship restart query
My son started a barbering apprenticeship in 2018. He left in 2019 as the workplace was toxic. Can he restart or would he need to start from the beginning?
