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Employers Treating Applicants Increasingly Badly?
Firstly, I would only like responses from people who are actively seeking employment in 2024, not someone who just wants to express an opinion with no recent experience of the same predicament. I have made over 100 applications in 6 months, and reckon that with all the online assessments, video interviews etc, for minimum…
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No P45/or Final Payslip After Contract End - Does it Matter?
I recently ended a 3 month contract of employment. All the payslips were online, I was deleted from the online system, so therefore cannot view the final payslip. I would like to view the final payslip to confirm a) The hours paid, agree with the hours I physically did, and b) To see if I was paid for unused holiday pay. I…
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Appeal?
Hi all, I could use some advice about a recent situation at work. Employed for 4.5 years A few days ago, I was dismissed for gross misconduct based on WhatsApp messages exchanged privately with a colleague outside of work. The colleague, who was dismissed themselves for harassment-related issues, showed selective…
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Telling manager I quit - Is this lame?
Hello :) I'm going to tell my manager soon that I intend to quit my job and go into semi-retirement somewhere else and have formulated what I want to say on paper. Is it lame to read from my notes during the meeting as I'm sure that it will come out all wrong if I just say it off the top of my head. Thank you in advance…
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Do salaried wages increase in line with NMW rise from 2025?
Apologies if this has been asked before or is a stupid question* but I am currently searching for a new job and don't know what to do for the best, so if anyone has answers/advice, I'd be very grateful to hear them. We're not talking mega bucks jobs here, over the years I've worked in supervisory/assistant management level…
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Late / Backdated Pay
An employer is constantly late in paying it's staff. Sometimes two month's wages are paid on the same day. When this happens the employees receive two payslips. One dated on the 5th of the payment month and the other dated on the actual payment date of that month (usually the last working day). The payslips state they are…
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Massive GDPR breach at work, what should I do
I didn't really know where to put this so if admins want to move it somewhere more appropriate that's fine. Hello, This month everybody, (I think it's about 95 people) who work where I do had their payslips sent in a none password protected email to a single employee who was somehow cc'd on the emails. Then a rather…
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Job start date but pending checks
Hi all, I have been offered a new job and the start date is next week at a GP practice. I have received an offer letter which is subject to DBS and pre employment checks. I had 2 major surgerys at the start of year and was off for 2 months because of the waiting time on NHS. I was not asked this question during the…
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Plan to quit job next year - Informing manager in advance - How/What say?
Hi :) After many years working in my current employment I have decided to bite the bullet and plan to leave around June next year when I will be able to get access to my private pension :) I've not been happy in my current role for a very long time and seek change whilst I'm still young enough to do so. I don't care what I…
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Calculating 17 week average hours
Please can I get some advice and opinions on the 17 week average hours calculation when holidays are taken. I've read the HMRC advice but it deals with a strict 17 weeks WORK. The NI Direct website gives an example of taking 4 days holiday and working 1 day the same week. But I can't find anything about single days off. I…
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Work
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SSP
Good morning I work Mon, Tues Weds and Friday This particular Friday i had arranged half a day because i had a funeral to go to Last week i done my back in and couldn't walk so rang in sick and took the whole week off Got paid this week but there was no ssp for Friday or even for the 3 hours i was going to work should i of…
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Real living wage to rise to at least £12.60 an hour – here's what you need to know
Almost half a million workers are set to see their hourly pay rise by 5% due to an increase in the 'real living wage' – a voluntary employers' pay scheme based on the cost of living. Those covered by the scheme will see their pay rise to at least £12.60 an hour, while those in London will get £13.85 an hour. Read the full…
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TUPE and mileage rate
Hi My new employer has implemented a Car Allowance as part of my compensation package instead of a Salary uplift in the same year. The Car Allowance has a policy attached to it which requires me to use a lower mileage rate (18p/mi), previously I used 0.45p/mi and I had a salary which include a Car Allowance with my…
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Am I being constructively dismissed?
In 2017, I joined a company where I managed two separate locations. In 2023, due to the volume of direct reports (120+) my role was split into two and essentially a manager was placed at each location and subsequently reducing my direct reports (60 at each location) with both Managerial roles reporting into the Department…
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Should I move from Agency Temp to Bank work in the NHS or not?
Hi, I have started a job in the NHS as a locum/temp via an agency, and it looks like it will approx 4-6 month stint. The dept is quite stretched and they have previously advertised Bank roles to fill sick/maternity cover but they didn't get any applications. The dept have now again advertised Bank positions (that if filled…
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NHS back pay, change of trust
Does anyone know what will happen in this situation please? I work for the NHS. I left my previous trust end of June and started at my current trust beginning of July. I believe the pay rise will be paid in October and backdated to April. I thought my previous trust would pay the back pay for April until I left, but I can…
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Employers NI raise confirmed by BBC?
Until now the budget articles have tended to be based on either Govt kite-flying, i.e. deliberate leaks to gauge public reaction, or alarmist stories intended to whip up outrage and put the Govt off of raising certain taxes. This article is different however. Although the BBC carefully avoids mentioning sources, this reads…
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Two P45s and Two problems
I worked for company 1 for a year and got a job with company 2 immediately. (My last wage from company 1 was a month after leaving). I worked at company 2 for six weeks but had to leave. Company 2 sent me a P45 immediately. I've been paying emergency tax with them. A week later - company 1 gave me theirs. I have two…
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Tax Refund through Govt. Gateway
I have just read a message on my Govt. Gateway re a tax refund due for the year 2023/24. I stopped working halfway through 2023/24. As I receive an Occupational Pension from Mar 2022, I assumed that any refund would be coded. Anyone else get this?
