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What is a fair pay rise?
I hope this is the right area to post this. If it is, I'd appreciate some advice. We employ a nanny to look after our 2 children, and she will have been with us a year come May this year. We are looking to give her a pay rise from that time. We're just trying to figure out what would be a fair pay-rise. With interest rates…
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interview tommorrow
I have an interview tommorrow with an agency for tempory work. i have an income protection policy which kicks in the 6 april,(30 days after unemploment) if i am succesful at this interview and get the job,what happens if it only lasts say 3 months,am i back to square 1 with the insurance pay out ie 30 days from…
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Suspended from work....
I hope someone can help - I have never in my life felt as low as I do now. I have been suspended from work pending an investigation into my timekeeping - I clock in and out each day and do admit to not working my full-time contracted hours over the last 12 months or so, resulting in a deficit of approximately 200 hours…
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Being 'advised to seek employment elsewhere' by boss
Hello I am having a major problem at work; the upshot of it is I will attend, with union, a meeting to set targets for improvement. I am a teacher. This came as a shock as a recent lesson observation came out well. My head, however, in a one-to-one meeting with me, has said he would have no problem in giving me a glowing…
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Ensuring pre-interview tasks get through and thank you letters
Sorry for the long title and the slightly odd question :) I've got an interview for a job on Wednesday, and I've been asked to email some written work by tomorrow morning. It's all done and I'm planning to send it tonight after some final editing and proof-reading. Would it be acceptable to call tomorrow morning to make…
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Worker registration scheme
My partner is Czech, she came to live in the UK over 2years ago and has been working since then paying taxes and national insurance.In order to do this she had to obtain a national insurance number.Its only now after working for over two years with the same employer that the "UK border agency" have contacted her and sent a…
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interview tommorow
i have an interview tomorrow for a job with an agency. i have income protection insurance which will just kick in from the 6 april. this job is advertised as temporary, if i am succesful and say the job lsts 3 months am i back to squae 1 with my insurance ie 30 days lead in time?
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Redundant position after resignation???
I'm a Manager (right at the bottom of the scale) within a district Council. My service is not compulsory and so they are going to be making budget cuts this year to our service. This is very likely going to involve redundancies. Not a new story I know! My query is related to a member of my work team who has thankfully…
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How much annual leave am I entitled to from april 09?
I recently received a booklet from ACAS, advising me of new changes to holiday entitlement. It states that if you work a five day week, you will receive 28 days holiday. I raised the issue with my employer, the answer i received was.. .."I have had an answer from HR regarding holiday entitlement It basically means that a…
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CV/interview tips for admin role
I found a lot of sites and books that present the CV tips and interview questions... but very few give some useful tips for a normal job, not sales or managerial For example one usual question is about achievements in previous role.... and the usual example with an answer from sales (raised sales by 30%...bla-bla)... what…
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Pregnant - can my employer move my place of work?
Hi, A slightly unusual query for you, I'm not sure if there is a straightforward answer :confused: ... I've just found out that I'm pregnant :j and I work in a prison (I'm not a prison officer, I work in an office). The office is in a prisoner access area but not actually on the wings (where the prisoners live). I am happy…
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Need Wise Advice - Uni or BT Apprenticeship
I am looking for some wise advice on this matter, maybe some people have been in the same situation as me. At the moment I am studying Business Management at University, I mostly enjoy the course and am doing ok on it. I do have the chance however to go and start an apprenticeship at BT working as an openreach engineer…
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Sacking someone - Notice Period & Holidays?
Can someone help? If someone is sacked and they have a notice period of say two weeks, plus they have five days outstanding holiday allowance owing. The person sacked will not be working their notice period (employers choice - so enforced gardening leave). How much do you pay them for? Do you pay them for "three weeks"…
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Job Application- What to send
Hey, This might seem like a little bit of a stupid question, but as you useful people are here to help, I may as well ask! :D I'm looking at applying for a job I've seen on the job centre website to work at a restaurant chain part time as waiting staff. The details on the Job Centre website mention sending a CV/written…
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any one here work for morrisons
A quick rant because morrisons made vast profits last year the staff are getting a bonus but you must have worked for them since jan 2008 so my wife missis it by 2 weeks not fair rant over :mad:
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Applying for job - advice pls
hi guys, hope someone can help. hubby was made redundant a couple of weeks ago. we decided we would both look for work. I have found a vacancy i want to apply for. The ad says write to..... for an application form. Sorry to sound stupid but what do i write ? i haven't been in employment for 15 yrs and i do not have a clue,…
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Jsa contributions, what other help do you get?
I'm trying to find info for a friend who has just been made redundant, yesterday was his last day, he also rang the benefits agency who said that he would go on to Jsa contributions, i said to him that he would not get council tax benefit, he said he was told he would.. we are both confused as website says one thing, call…
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Need help, new mum and breastfeeding at work
When i say im a new mum my baby is 9 months. I am breastfeeding her so im now back at work for 2 days a week, 9-6pm during this time i have to express milk at 11.30 and 2.30 taking up to half an hour each time. I told HR about the expressing and was told that they cant provide anywhere for me, so its either the public…
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Confiscating Items
So I'm at work today and get caught using my mobile phone and have had it took off me. I know I've been warned before about checking it but they never said just put it away or anything like that! Can they actually do this?!
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Training to pass my iq test for job interview
Hey guys, I have a job interview in a couple of days and it also contains an IQ test and a personality test. I didn't want to spend money on books to practice my skills so I was looking for some good websites to improve my skills. The one I found to have the most free practice material is http://www.fibonicci.com/en/home.…