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Wage ammendement social services Wales
Hi my wife worked for social services here in South Wales from 1999-2004 for a departement called "Independent Living."She bumped into an old work collegue the other day and he told her that he and they had been found by law to have been underpaid for a number of years.And so he related how he'd recieved a substantial"wage…
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Help please
Hi,Ive posted this on two forums and for this I apologise but I really need some help. don't know where to start really and its a long story . My husband works for a one man band. There are 10 employees. Work has been slow due to the recession and the guys agreed to short time at minimum 2 days per week initially for 13…
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holiday over xmas period query
Hi All i have been told to keep 5 days holiday for over the xmas period which i am told i need to work? * should i be in work? * should i be paid double time? * what is the law involving this? there is nothing in my contract other than saying i am entitled to 20 days holiday thanks
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Career in counselling
Hi Am thinking of looking into a career in counselling as it interests me but seems career prospects are not great in terms of lots of qualified people and few full time jobs. Does anyone know if this is true and how hard it might be to get a full time job? Cheers
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Advice Needed regarding Apprenticeship proof & new job!!
After 6 months of unemployment my husband got himself a new job! he has passed medical tests, criminal record checks etc and has now come across a stumbling block! Tha employer said they are now unable to employ him as he does not have official apprenticeship indentures. He does have all of his City and Guilds certificates…
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Please delete
Sorted, thanks and sorry!
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Tax help
I've been paying basic rate tax in my job for 4 months as when I started this job, I had a part-time job which was classed as my main job (yet I wasn't being taxed on that job as it was only part-time). I quit the part-time job 3 months ago, but am still waiting for a P45 from them (they keep making excuses, but promise me…
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Anyone know about Tax Codes and who is responsible?
I started my first job for the tax year 17th August, and for the first two weeks was emergency taxed. As I didn't recieve the overpayment back automatically I called the Inland Revenue, and I was surprised to find I shouldn't be paying any tax at all due to not hitting the level of pay for the year. So three weeks ago they…
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No employment contract - should I need one?!
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Writing a cover letter too long????
Dear Fellow Moneysavers! Was wondering if you could give me some advice. Having to write a cover letter for the first time in ages, spent a lot of time researching it today and have just written my first draft. I was wondering if you would be able to critique it and offer me some advice. The job is for a criminal…
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Holiday pay - is it statutory?
My sister after being unemployed for a while took a contract position paid by the hour - she is paid directly by the company not by the agency she got the job through. After a few months she spoke to her manager about taking some time off to go on holiday with my brother in law. She was told this was fine, but after…
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Court deferral - any idea what will happen now?
Well I'd best fill you in on the story so far . . . I started a new job last year and just as I accepted the position I found out that I was pregnant. Therefore not entitled to mat pay thru employer as not been there long enough. I started my mat leave on 7th Nov 08 and gave birth to my son Nathan on 10th Nov. I had to…
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arrgghh pregnant and threatening to be sacked! help please :(
I am 24 weeks pregnant. I work as a sales consultant in a very small office (only 4 staff) with no managers. I have been there for nearly 2 years now. The head office is based 85 miles away and we only have a visit maybe once a week from a member of management. Today, me and 2 other members of the staff have had letters…
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Requesting to see your own employee records?
My company has a yearly review process of all employees above a certain level, where senior management classify and review everyone with a view to pay rises, promotions, redundancies, talent protection, etc. I think this is a pretty normal process. Am I allowed to request a copy of any documentation used about me? I know…
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Hourly rate
I always get confused on this one-for purpose of converting hours/salary into an hourly rate-do you include lunch break as worked or unworked hours ? i.e if salary £9000 and hours attended work are 30 over 52 weeks then hourly rate is £5.76 If salary 9000 and hours are as above less half hour lunch break over the 4…
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been taxed over half my wages this month!!
I hope this is in the right place, i wasnt sure where to put it. anyway i am a full time student and work 9 hrs a week in Morrisons. Over summer i took on a second job for 2 months. At first i got emergency taxed on the second job. I phoned the tax office and they split my tax code between the 2 jobs, which was fine. Then…
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Gangs/cliques in the workplace..
..or whatever you lovely people like to call them! Just how on earth do you deal with them?!
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Atmosphere at work
I work in an all female office and the atmosphere has been rapidly deterioriating for many months. There are a lot of long standing issues and bad feeling (some to be fair with good reason) however I am finding that it is impacting on my health and draining my energy. I know that there is always !!!!!ing in the office but…
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career/personality tests
I am in mid life career crash. I have handed in my notice as a Development Technologist for a food maufacturer as I find it is too stressful I want to find out what sort of career iI am better suited to. I want to try the personality tests as I know I am a bit sensitive and the job I am leaving is perhaps the wrong job for…
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Seasonal worker's holiday payment
Hi to all, First of all, sorry for my bad English as I am not very good at it but will try to do my best. The problem that I am familiar with is about my holiday payment. I have worked for a farmer in UK for the last 3 summers. Last summer I worked from 16 July till 16 October for a total of 938 hours. For this period of…