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Settle or constructive dismissal?
Hi, I'm in a difficult situation and have already spoken with my home insurance legal cover (said it's my decision to make). Also awaiting a call back from my professional body's legal service. I've been employed for 7 years in October with my employerer, so 6 full. I have been on the receiving end of being managed out…
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NHS - Annual leave when changing roles
I'm not sure if people will know but advice would be appreciated. I'm moving to a different role within the same nhs trust. The role is a specialist qualification which is partially university hours/partially work hours but I'm employed by the trust and staying on same band. This is my third change. Once from band 5 to…
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injury
Can anyone expain how this works? For example is it by financial year april to april? i had one day off in 3and a half years back in feb firstever absence) due to keep being swiched role in a busy and heavy operated production business and now yet againi'm suffering the same injury but worried about getting a warning when…
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Career progression - Online courses
Hi all With the current climate the way it is and the majority of us staying at home, now could be good time to try and further your career progression. Learning a new skill or furthering knowledge in a certain sector through online courses is a great option. What have you or will you be doing to try and stand our from the…
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Sole trader
Hi All, I have had nearly 40 years as PAYE and have now been advised by an accountant to become a sole trader. I am doing some work for a small business and invoicing them my hours. It’s on a 4 month trial and could become permanent. Hours over 1 year equate to £20k. Could someone guide me please. I work from home. Should…
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Home Working Tax Relief?
Anyone with any knowledge on the following? I work in a call centre. We have now been provided a computer, monitor and mouse to work from home and due to this now being set up this isn't just for the duration of the Coronavirus period it's a permanent change with the centre closing overnight (which is when I work). I'm…
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Best way to get some temping work?
Hi there all. I have lived in Spain since 2004 after taking early retirement (I'm 58 now), but when we return to the UK for a while in January, I'd like to get some temping work if I can. I have many years of office/general admin/customer service experience, a degree and qualifications up to Technician level in Town…
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Can't get share code for DBS check
Hi, I had a DBS check done in July 2026. I am trying to get a share code for it so that someone else (a prospective employer) can view it (they do not have a DBS online account). I have done this before (got a share code) , but for some reason, today, in my DBS online account, this doesnt seem possible. When i click…
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Multiple times through security checking for jobs.
A lot of the electronics jobs in UK now involve a BPSS check before employment. (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) They also require an initial Security Clearance (SC) check. This is because its military work. The BPSS check is carried out by the individual company, but the British Government has a department which…
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Employers may not find me on the electoral roll?
Hi, I have lived at my current address for 13 months. My address is "ROOM 12" ...followed by the rest of the address. Its on the second floor of a block of flats. There are eight other flats on this floor. (My accommodation contract gives my address as "Room 12"......) However, the council do not have any address of that…
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Pulling out of job after signing employment contract?
Hi, Some weeks ago, a (very large) recruitment consultancy contacted me, and as a result I agreed to go forward for an electronics engineering job in a city in the south of UK. It was a military job. The City is a 2 hour drive from my home so would mean relocation. It was at a well known defence contractor in this large…
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Logistics
I currently work in finance and am looking to move into transport planning for a logistics company. Is this a good job?
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I work in the civil service and very worried about Andy Burnham plans
he wants to move jobs out of london and also reorganise departments, it seems like a lot of jobs will be lost in the civil service.
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Who do you contact if someone is getting underpaid
I watch someone on tiktok that runs a drink stall and some days he has a girl working with him and at the end of the day he pays her in cash but it doesn't look like she's getting minimum wage so how is he getting away with this unless the girl is not declaring it.
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Pay deal choice
Hi all, So, this is currently hypothetical but a choice I should have at some point on promotion. I am 44, and would like to retire around 63. I would have the choice of two pay deals Option 1 stay on current terms Pay - £63,000 monthly take home £3,693 Pension - DB Alpha, contribute 7.35% Bonus - part of terms, roughly…
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B&M Retail
Does anyone here work for B&M Retail? My daughter has been a supervisor now for approximately 3 months. She found out today that her rate of pay has been revised and is now £12.89 per hour which is only 18 pence higher than the minimum wage of £12.71 The supervisor rate used to be 30 pence above the minimum wage but now it…
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Man + Van
The van is widely used for "last-mile" delivery, express courier services, and multidrop, with daily earnings in the UK frequently ranging from £95 to over £200 per day. The above is from AI, best type of work for van(Vivaro/Traffic) owner, I wouldn't call myself semi retired, but I don't want a 50 hours per week job, I…
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Working away from home and snoring
Hi, I work as an electronics contract engineer. As such i need to stay in B&B's and Travelodge's etc in the week. Unfortunately i not only snore extremely loudly, but i also sometimes make a loud droning noise when asleep. This wakes people up in the adjacent Hotel rooms and sometimes they then "get their revenge" by…
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How long does it usually take you to find a new job?
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Don't understand why charity shop treated me horribly
I know this happened over ten years ago and the job was unpaid, but I don't like feeling rejected Every Christmas this feeling returns. I have thought about this, most weeks through the years. I think I am just a total loser. I am single and I haven't had a normal life compared to other people. All my life I have had…
