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Get 18 consecutive days off in 2025 using just 9 days of leave – official MSE News discussion
Evening all, I've written a news story about how UK workers can get 18 days in a row off using only nine days of leave this year. If you're in full-time or part-time work in the UK, you could get 18 consecutive days off work in 2025 by taking just nine days of annual leave – or 24 consecutive days off by taking 13 days of…
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Holiday Entitlement - irregular days/ part time
Hello, I am part time 21 hours a week over 3 days ( 7 hours a day). However I do not work the same days each week. I am trying to establish how my bank holidays are accounted for in my entitlement. The full time equivalent is 35 - 7 days a week over 5 days. Any tips on how to calculate would be great. Thanlk you.
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Discharged from jury service
Hi, I got discharged from Jury service a week early but can’t go back to work as my company got temp cover for the 2 weeks. Can I still claim the £64.95 a day on expenses form even though been discharged? My company signed the forms saying I wouldn’t be able to come back to work early. Thanks
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Best way to fund distance learning degree as a working adult
Hi, I am considering doing a degree as a distant learning course for 2 years. The course is approx £10,000 for the full study. What is the best way to fund the course as a working adult. I don’t won’t to pay back through my salary or via my current employment. Any advice would be appreciated. Michael
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Visiting site when off sick
Are you allowed to attend your place of work when on LTS just to gossip with colleagues?
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Minor Surgery
Hi, I’m posting on behalf of my son. He has been employed in the same job for almost 4 years, he has hardly had any sick time. Last Friday he had minor surgery on the back of his neck. He has a dressing that’s changed daily but where the dressing is it doesn’t really stay on because it’s in his hair line. He also can’t…
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Overpaid maternity leave - must I repay?!
I’ve been overpaid a few thousand on maternity leave. No, I didn’t notice. First maternity leave, asked employer for a breakdown of what to expect, never received it, busy with newborn. Anyway. Employer has admitted fault. I’ve researched and from what I can see, legally I’ll have to pay it back. Just wondering if anyone…
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Statutory Guarantee Pay
My employer is starting to struggle to give me my contracted hours next week as we are very quiet. My contract states that I can be laid off and might be able to receive Statutory guarantee pay. Please can someone explain to me how this works? Does my employer have to give me notice? How long can I be laid off for? I think…
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Agency working query
Hi I'm looking for some advice regarding an employment issue. I've been working as a visiting lecturer at a local college for three years now. I'm employed through an agency. At the beginning of this academic year, I was told that the college wanted all of its visiting lecturing staff to be registered with the same agency,…
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New job contract paper hours and real working hours don't align. What to do?
Asking for a friend who just started new job. Looking at the new job contract paper, it says: "You're required to work maximum of 5 days out of 6 trading days (8 hours per day)." - Salary £24k Started now job, the manager is now saying need to work all 6 days for the same salary of £24k, else job gone. What can be done in…
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HMRC shows £0 tax free in my statement - that sound right?
Hi, First time I've ever looked at my annual tax breakdown online and seen this field. Wouldn't this be the national tax-free allowance e.g. £12,570, or am I mis-reading this field?
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Am I working for a dodgy business?
To start this off and make a long story short. I’ve been working for my shop for 3 years now. It’s a small business, and my boss rents the shop itself. I’ve worked here alone for 2/3 of these years and essentially run the shop myself (everything except sending off orders online). My manager/ boss no longer lives within the…
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When should i reclaim tax?
I recently worked for a supermarket of Christmas and on my payslip it has the 0T tax code and I've paid tax even though my earnings for the year are well under the threshold. I just wondered when i should reclaim the tax? Do i do it at the end of the tax year or can i do it now?
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On LCWRA and need help finding a job
I’m on LCWRA and UC because of a long term health condition but feel like it would be able to work part-time. I’ve been looking for a long time but not been able to find a job. I haven’t had any contact from the DWP for a long time except for a UC review a few months ago where they only asked about how much savings I have.…
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Types of Disability is there a difference in law?
Wasn’t sure how to word the title In the disability law is there a different between a medical disability and a non medical like learning disabilities. And how the way work can make or not make accommodations for these two different areas of disabilities? Thank you
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Brand new as self employed
Hi. I have only been registered as self employed for a couple of weeks. I have done no work yet and of course, not yet issued any invoices. However , I keep noticing the 31st of January as deadline day for self assessment. Considering my self employment circumstances, do I still need to undertake the self assessment…
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Back Pay & Redundancy.
A question on behalf of my Brother. He has worked for a company for a number of years and has recently joined with colleagues in trying to attain equal and back pay from the employer. Employees with the same skillset doing the same job are paid more at another site owned by the same company. Their union are only acting as…
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Jury Service - Excusal on Grounds of Financial Hardship
I have been summoned for jury service for the third time. I am currently in a state of genuine financial hardship, and wrote a letter to seek an excusal/deferral on this basis - they rejected it. They want evidence of “financial hardship.” Any ideas what they actually want to prove “financial hardship,” for example, all my…
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Re-training as a TEFL teacher
Is 48 too old to re-train as a TEFL teacher? If anybody has any experience of this, I'd be grateful for their advice. So far as I can see, the CELTA certificate is the best. Is it better to do that online or in a classroom? I have no plans to teach abroad. I'd rather teach it online or in a UK college (assuming I pass). I…
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Is my part time salary correct?
Is my part time salary correct? My salary was £27,273 for 37 hour week I've reduced my hours to 22.5 hoursI figure that's 27,273 / 37 * 22.5 = 16584HR say it's 27,273 x 0.6 (3/5 of a week) = 16363 What do your maths make it??
