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Holidays During Gardening Leave
I was on gardening leave for my notice period of 5 weeks. I had 15.5 days holiday left. On the email from my boss, he writes ‘Final monies which will include any accrued holiday pay will be paid into your bank account…’ I took this to mean holiday pay on top of 5 weeks wage. But they haven’t paid anything extra. I have…
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OMG. SSP completely unfair!!
I have just found out that someone working 2 part time jobs can claim SSP from both employers who are legally obliged to pay the full amount even though the person works part time. effectively means that someon working 2 part timejobs can claim double the SSP that someone working 1 full time job can. How on earth is this…
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Applying to the police with an undischarged CCJ
Hi all I wasn’t sure where to post this but hopefully I’ve got the right place! I’ve been offered an interview with my local police force as a civilian but obviously this will be subject to vetting. I have 2 CCJ’s - one is discharged and the other isn’t. It’s a couple of years old and in the amount of £3,500. I have never…
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Severance Scheme and new work start date
Hoping someone can help me answer my question! I work for a university who are offering mutual severance right now and i have applied for a package - will know outcome in a few weeks. Simultaneously i have been applying for new jobs to try and start close to when i would leave. The severance scheme requires me to work my…
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Weekly pay to salary
I'm trying to work out if I have been paid right in a new job. How do I turn my weekly gross pay to my salary? Thank you
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Minimum wage topped up with bonus?
Hi,so a question I have is if I normally get paid minimum wage but earn bonus then does my employer not have to give me an increase in pay? Basically this month my basic pay has not shown any increase because I earned a bonus of x amount which they say takes me to above the new minimum wage so they don’t have to pay me…
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Holiday in lieu of notice ...
After a period of being undermined I finally resigned my local parish council job of 10 years in February. I gave over the 12 weeks notice my contract asked for and agreed to use 2 weeks holiday as part of this. Now because they haven't got my replacement ready (despite 20 weeks of constant reminders, notes and outside…
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NHS rules for temporary promotion
Hi all Just a quick question - are there rules for temporary promotions if there is more than one eligible individual who could undertake the role? Thanks
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Can rise in NMW/LW allow employer to remove salary sacrifice pension right
A requirement of my job is to live on site in accommodation provided by my employer and for which I pay rent. I recently discovered that due to a decision by my employers to raise service occupancy rents from April 2023 above the HMRC offset rate that this, together with the employers decision that all employees pension…
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GDPR / Data Protection question
Hi All - is my employer allowed to have a sales leaderboard that is distributed to the whole company which has a list of the entire sales force along with how they are performing against their individual targets? (Shown as percentage vs target) Wouldn’t this have some potential data protection issues? Thanks
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Self Employed Payments on Account making me nervous!
Hi, I'm hoping that somebody can help me on here with a query. I've just completed my tax return for 23/24 after what was a really good year of freelance earnings (between 40-60% up from anything I've earned in any previous year) However, my income streams can be very erratic and unpredictable and I am nervous that my…
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Employer overpaid me by mistake, now want their money back
Have been working for an employer for nearly 3 years. My working hours reduced just over 2 years ago and all was agreed. They reduced my money but not quite enough and now I have been overpaid over £1700 over 2-3 years. They have recently realised and want their money back and in turn money will be deducted out of my…
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Maybe arthritis
Hi, I might be over thinking my current situation but I just need some advice. I currently work as an HCA doing 12 1/2 hour shifts 3 times a week. I’ve previously had a hip replacement on my left side and I have arthritis in my thumbs and wrist. I’ve been referred for X-rays of my feet and right hip and I’ve been signed…
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Salary calculation
Hi, My employer has recently changed our wages from 4 weekly to monthly. The calculation they are using to work out our annual wage is: hourly rate x worked hours x 52 weeks. Does this sound correct. ? Should it not be 52.14 weeks as a full year is 52 weeks and a day ? I've found lots of discussions on forums like this…
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How easy is it to get a office type job with no experience
I'm not going to bore you with everything lol But I'm no longer able to do manual work, warehouse work and driver's mate roles has been my thing, I'm trying to find a job where I don't have to use my voice much as I have problems with talking and loosing my voice, and it's not going to improve anytime soon. Manual work is…
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TUPE Holiday Entitlement
Hi, we are currently in the middle of a TUPE consultation. Under my previous contact we were entitled to 28 days holiday plus eight paid bank holiday. The proposed contract states 36 days holiday (including bank holidays) where the only compulsory days are Christmas, Boxing Day and NYD. On the face of it this looks ok, and…
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Salary overpayment & auto enrolment pension
I’m freelance but work quite often for a company. I was overpaid my salary by 7 days and contacted the company straight away to tell them of their mistake. I worked out how much I believed I should return to them but asked them to double check. There was a discrepancy in the figure, which I queried. They sent me their…
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Dismissed without warning for a mistake
I have just had my employment terminated without notice for "gross misconduct" I made a mistake which cost the company a lot of money, I work for a medium sized company and the small mistake was delivered on a large scale. I have not had any warnings and have not even been spoken to about a small mistake for well over a…
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National insurance cuts
I went back to an old job and told them what I need to come home with, no problem there, question is does the employer have to pass on the national insurance savings or can she use the savings to pay less towards salary whilst still giving me my original salary?
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Sick leave whilst employed and self employed
I work FT in the NHS but have fractured my ankle and currently signed off work for 4 weeks. I work an hour away from home so have no way to get there so best option is to be signed off (working from home is an option but not comfortable sitting at a desk for 8 hours so don’t plan to do it). However I do self employed…
