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Help anyone?
hi all! need some info on ANY financial help no matter how little as i pick up the remnants of my business! Have been on JSA and believe that there is a 'grant' available for the first so many weeks....but i can't find any info on such a grant...does anyone know where i might find it? Thanks guys:confused:
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Labours new Initiative for young unemployed
The government is doing or trying to help the young unemployed into work but what about the unemployed who are older than 25, are they just left on the heap.
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F&B controller / Hotel controller for Cruise ship
please advice...
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Is this the end of signing on for jobseekers
Hi I read an article in one of the tabloids yesterday that there are plans to do away with fortnightly signing in the JC because the JC are too overstretched and jobseekers will be required to sign by post or telephone Anyone know if this is true PNP
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Feeling guilty about getting an interview
Feel free to move this or ignore it... Long story short: I was diagnosed with IBS in February this year. It's not horrifically bad now but that is largely because I have medication for it, but prior to diagnosis and going onto the medication I quite often had chronic stomach pains that did restrict an awful lot of what I…
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New Job advice
I was made redundant on the 17th July 09 and decided to take a little time off to look after my daughter during the summer holidays as my partner works. I registered with lots of agencies etc, but no job was forth coming however last week I had an interview for a job and they asked me back for a second interview which I…
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employee or self employed?
I have been working on a self employed basis as a trainer for the same uk govt. org for exactly 5 years. I work approx 20 weeks a year. HMRC did assess. in sept 2008 and said I was employee. The org. have accepted this and I have a letter saying that as from 1.4.09 they must take nat. ins. cons. from my pay. They have not…
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training cpcs
Hi there, due to the climate, construction is really bad as we all know I have been unemployed now for 6 months, but in total over a year but agency work in between. Ive contact some companys who do train to gain / funded training for people and apparently a lot of these companys now have been capped by the government? I…
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Breaks taken away as punishment?
Is it legal for your manager to take away your unpaid break as punishment for not finishing a job quickly enough? The reason this particular job isn't getting done as quickly as it could be is that our entire team are new and simply don't have enough experience to be at the speed required quite yet. We are getting there,…
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Opinions on working for JD Williams?
Hi. I was wondering if there were any people out there who currently work or have worked for JD Williams and if they could give their opinions on them as an employer and a place to work. As an indication, and not that I'm sexist, but I prefer to work in office where there are more males than females purely due to…
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University or hope for a job?
I've got a big dilemma about what I should do in september. I don't know if I should go to univeristy or hope for a job. My situation: I'm 25, and just finishing (in 2 weeks time) the work placement part of a FdEng. I haven't been able to get a job with the company I've got a work placment with, there are no suitable jobs…
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Help me persuade my employer to fund a masters
Hi all We had some money for courses, but they were for clinicians so did not apply. Was told today that there's some very limited funding for courses and I've until tomorrow pm to make a case & apply for the funding for a masters in management & communications. Help! Normally, I'm good at answering these type of questions…
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DWP HEO vacancies
Hi Does anyone have a link or info on the job description for the HEO role with DWP? Thanks
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I'm not getting paid - advice
Hi, I've always had trouble getting paid. I work for a very small company (3 staff including the MD), but with the recession I'm now getting paid by the job. I'm owed maternity pay and money prior to this period before he announced that if I didn't opt for paid by job then he would struggle to make me unemployed!! I opted…
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Rules Re. Pay Date
When I joined my current company, I was told pay day was the last Friday of every month and we were given a cheque on that day. After a bit of persuasion we managed to get them to pay us by bacs but they don't actually transmit the payment until the last Friday of the month, meaning we don't get our pay until the following…
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Advise (union related) please
ok, over the last 14 months, yes 14 months my wage has not been correct, I along with another employee work at a lower banding than the rest of our department (we work for NHS) We do get a higher banding payment when we work at that higher scale, for example, if we work a night shift we get payed at a higher banding than…
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Enhanced CRB Check Help
About 5 years ago back when I was a complete idiot I had too much tequila and thought a police car was a taxi and threw myself on it (don't ask) I was bundled in the back, taken to the station and put in the cells. I was NOT arrested, NOT cautioned, and released several hours later. I want to know if it will show up?
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Callico???
Heard this advertised on the radio under job opportunities today. The company is called Callico http://www.callico.co.uk This is a bit of spiel from there homepage about what they offer... Sounds a little too good to be true to me, anyone else heard or dealt with them?
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Time off to look after wife and kids
Hi My wife is due to go into hospital next week for an operation and she's been told it'll be around a 3 week recovery time. As a result she wont be able to look after our two kids properly and I'm looking to get some time off from work for this. Neither of our families live nearby and we don't really want to have to rely…
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working as a self employed bailiff
I am thinking of applying for a job as a self employed bailiff working for a company, could anyone tell me if they do this are know of any one that does as i was just wondering as to what sort of earnings i could expect. Thanks