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Self Employed Minimum Income Floor - Universal Credit
Hi all, just looking for a bit of advice on the migration to Universal credit from legacy benefits.I am self employed, have been for 25 years however in the last 10 years I have struggled with my health. Now I am questioning why I have to earn the same minimum income as an employed person that receives 28 days paid holiday…
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Employer payroll error
Hi folks, Last year I reduced my hours at work down to 4.5 day weeks. My salary was reduced accordingly and everything was adjusted. In January everyone received a payrise and although slightly higher than I was expecting it was all ok. The salary increase letter was worded as "your new salary is £xxxxx a year" Fast…
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Taxing nurses resettlment grant.
My friends nice has arrived from the Philippines to work as
a NHS Nurse. The hospital trust has given her a re-settling grant but the
Inland Revenue class this as unearned income and taken almost half back. Surely this grant should be free of tax? She hasn’t even done any work so far and will be spending
the first month in…
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Earnings threshold for employer NI contributions
Hi, what is the threshold for employer NI contributions please? I currently don’t have to pay tax as a low earner, but am wondering if they should be still be paying NI? Thank you
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Change of working location
So I’m asking on behalf of my brother who currently works as a fork lift driver for a company In Nottingham he’s heard though I guess through people chatting amongst work that they were planning on closing the depot and moving to derby. My brother doesn’t drive and cycles into work takes about 15mins to cycle to work. He…
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Use of Days Worked Per Week in Holiday Pay calculation
Our employer has recently moved to the Fourth app for holiday calculation which is now using the number of days worked per week in the calculation. it appears in a business such as ours that flexible hours worker that are required to work flexibly are now worse off. i work 5.5 days per week and average 50 hours a week but…
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Purchase of Annual Leave
Hi. I work for a London Borough Council and want to purchase Annual Leave. I have been given a price for this but the flexible working policy is not clear on if this is a Gross Cost or Net and if the cost is deducted from my Gross salary or my Net salary. It its the latter it would appear that I would pay tax or order to…
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Question about holiday
Hi all, Hopefully a simple one. Have worked for the same place for 3 years and have always had holiday of 28 days ( inclduing bank holidays ) We all work monday to friday with set hours. They are now saying we have been overpaid for the prvious years and we are only entitled to 19 days a year including bank holidays This…
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Moderation company refusing to pay for extra work done due to a bug.
HI all, So I work for a company who offers a review service for large companies, whereby customers can review products and/or services and the reviews appear on the companies own site My job, along with roughly 10 others, is to moderate those reviews. We're all on a zero hours contract, so we do work as and when it's…
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Contractor advice
Hi all, I’m looking for some advice on my current work situation. I am have been a freelancer since the start of 2018, and in the first two years I worked for different companies, each for a few months at a time. Since late 2021 I have been working solely for a company that some ex coworkers started up. I have been working…
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Any advice for reducing cost of regular hotel for work?
Hi, I've got a new job that basically means I'll need to stay away for 2 nights a week every week for the foreseeable future. Does anyone have any advice on how I could keep the costs of this to a minimum? Do any hotel chains offer loyalty discounts or discount for bulk booking? Anyone successfully negotiated a deal with…
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Employment Tribunal quandary
I began an employment tribunal case for unfair dismissal against my former employer in October 2023. Witness statements were exchanged on 20 March 2024 and the evidence bundle agreed a few weeks previously. However, I now see that my case is quite weak and not likely to succeed so I'm seriously thinking of withdrawing my…
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Seeking Advice on Second Job Impact on Take-Home Pay
Hello, I am struggling to work out whether taking a second job is financially beneficial for me, as my current job is just below the 42% tax threshold. I cannot figure out what my monthly take-home pay would be if I accepted this second job, and I haven't found an accurate calculator for this situation. Can anyone help? My…
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Employment log in failed
I use a site called Tara’s and it says log in “Access is Denied” it’s new job so been unable to get hold of HR reply on phone but I’m guessing I’ve not been kept on as it’s been that way 2 days. Does anybody else use this app shed some light if that means your employment has ended?
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Employer using redundancy as pretext for unfair dismissal - your thoughts please?
My situation is that I have been working at this place in England for 4 years, full time, office job, and have a spotless reputation and work ethic. I had a routine meeting with my line manager today, when out of the blue she pulls in someone from HR, says that my role is at risk of redundancy, then leaves the room. HR…
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Job offer via company - Advice on salary negotiations
I'm on a dilemma about negotiating a salary for a job I applied on the company's website. So, that's a job 100% in my industry where I have about 6 years of experience and a couple of years more, but sideways. So, I could get a better salary than other industries I was looking before. In the interview I just nailed it! At…
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Security Clearance help
Hello, I was wondering if everyone could shed some potential light on the problem I'm facing. I've been told by my manager(who was apparently told by someone in HR) initially that I don't have security clearance, following this I asked for clarification and the manager has informed me that HR told him that my clearance has…
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Accepted a new job now having second thoughts
Hi all. I accepted a new job on Tuesday and they gave me a start date for the 24th i have been mulling on it all week and now deciding to stay in my current job for the time being. I plan on telling the new job on Monday what could i tell them? Has anyone done this before?
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Decision
Long story short I was dismissed from a role I was in years. Gross misconduct to get the salary I was on I’ve applied for positions above the title I was on and I’m now in a dilemma. I was offered a position but I kept my dismissal a secret and said I still worked for my previous employer. Well they quickly questioned why…
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Stay or go?
Bit of a dilemma work wise I started a new job 5 months ago as the sales manager and it was in an industry I’ve been in over 20 years, but my previous role I was in it for 2 years but in a different industry as I wanted to try something new. So the company I left basically a lot of people left or got sacked but I…
