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Any people good with maths?
I'm studying the LPC in September and am looking at getting either a. Natwest Pro Trainee Loan - £5625 This will be 2.5% (currently) for 2.5 years but interest is charged immediately. I will have £5625 in a savings account, at 2.75%, for one year accruing interest b. Career Development Loan - £8000 (Hopefully) This will be…
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Help! - return to work after company sick pay exhausted
I have just returned to work following an operation to my foot. I have exhausted my company sick pay (13 weeks full salary) and also had 1 week of SSP when company sick pay ran out. I attended an interview with occ health for back to work rehabilatation. OH advised that I was unfit to wotk my full 12 1/2 hr shift so have…
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boss not sticking to the law?
I work in a pub 16 plus hours a week, we have no contracts on paper but are paid via accountants and pay tax etc. Anyway I have been asked to attend a meeting today which i guess will be to sack me - for nothing except i upset the boss 2 weeks ago. He yeeled in my face and sent me home, not spoken since as he said he had…
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Background Checks
How far can these go? Just asking because I've got a temp job for a few weeks in an office that requires a full background check. Now, there are no problems to be found at all, but you can't write down on a form what I've been doing for the last 5 years, unless the form is 100 pages long and there's room for me to explain.…
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Need help with this problem at (M) burger place..
Quick question for you guys. My stephdaughter works part time at a well known burger joint (M) She goes to college and works at (M) on a Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On the weekend she does mostly 9-18ish shifts. She has just a few weeks ago turned 18 and they keep on asking her to have her 45 minute lunch breakst at…
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Flight Centre-what are they like to work for?
Has anyone worked for the Flight Centre or currently working there? What are they like? What is the culture like? I am thinking of applying for a job there so any advice appreciated thanks
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What would you do?
I have a dilemma. It is a difficult situation but one which I am sure many would actually be envious of in this current climate, I am fully aware of that!!! I have spent the last 4 years studying to be a teacher and will have completed my NQT year by the end of this academic year. My contract is due to end then as it was…
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Notice Period
Hi, my partner has never received or signed a written contract during 9 months of working for the same company. He has now been offered new employment with a different company . His manager is now saying the period of notice is 2 months (as stated in the contract which he has now printed off but which my partner has never…
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Serious Help!!
I'm sorry that I am sending you this message, but I am desperate, depressed and beyond despair. I suffer from mental health problems, and I did a terrible terrible thing at work which ended up with me getting the boot :-( These past few months have been a very very difficult time for me, and I have been taking on…
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Job Offer Retracted...
Hi everyone, Im hoping someone might know if I have any rights for the following situation I find myself in: I have just completed a BSc degree in Environmental Health and have to work for 48 weeks at a local authority to fill in a log book. I had sucessfully gained a placement after an interview in my local council on…
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B&q ?
Please can anyone tell me the score that you need on their Pesonality Profile Pesona questionnaire at the start of the application on line for a B&Q supervisor position. Many thanks.
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Sick pay in employment contract
I was just wondering if anyone could advise me on sick pay. I am starting a new job and negotiating my contract, with regards to sick pay I was originally given a contract which states full pay for first 2 months after 12 weeks of employment ( my probationary period is 12 weeks). I have now been given a revised contract…
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bullying boss
Ive got a boss who blatently bullies a lad I work with for no reason!! I personally Hate bullies!! Anyway this boss talks about this person?To anyone who will listen,even when his statements are false? I live in Scotland,and wonder if I can record boss doing this? To help the lad who is at a stage where he is having mental…
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Supermarket jobs in Wales
Just browsing the sainsbury's career website and they are currently recruiting for numerous customer service assistants/general assistants in Lampeter, Tenby and Swansea:…
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Employed for the first time in 24 years and completely lost...
What is the score re being an emplyoyee these days? I need to know about basic stuff, because I am completely ignorant. I really (to my shame) don't know, having been SE for so long and never employed anyone. Just got my first pay slip for 24 years and it feels wierd......!
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Application wants 2 personal referees
..So not employers! I don't think I can put my old university tutor as I did end up dropping out but who would I put?! I mean, I don't know anyone who could be qualified to do this and they can't be related to me either.... I know a grand total of one properly professional person but he is a friend, it asks me to put what…
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PC Sales and Support
I would like to start a Self Employed Career in selling custom built PCs, and offer support/repair services etc. Is it a trade worth starting in?
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question about signing on and travelling costs
I was wondering do people who dont have a jc in their town and have to travel to sign on get their travel expenses paid, or are they expected to take it out of their JSA. Curious. Thanks.
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Brilliant free tutorials from Open University
Just stumbled across a brilliant set of free online courses from the Open University for those like me who need to sharpen up their rusty skill sets (maths etc): http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/ For maths learners for example they have courses starting right at the beginning all the way through to differential equations and…
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Subsidy and Work Trials dilemma...
I've been unemployed for just over six months now, i've moved to a new area as there was virtually no work i was qualified or suitable for. Now i've moved to the new area, i've had a interview, and one coming up, things are starting to look promising because i really, really want to get a half-decent job, no matter if it's…