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Can an employer reclaim training course costs if you leave within 2 years of the course?
My DD has just started with a new employer in an office admin role. In her contract they state that they will reclaim any training course costs from her if she leaves within 2 years of the training - 100% reclaim if she leaves within 12 months and 50% reclaim if she leaves within 24 months of the completion of any course.…
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Another Access to Work question
I’d like to apply to Access to Work for a job coach for a while. I think I would be eligible and I think it would be very useful for me. I’ve heard that you have to pay up front and they pay you back. Has anyone used it and how long does it take for them to pay you back, to get some idea of how much money I’d need to have…
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Access to Work - Help with transport
I previously received support from AtW with transport to and from work. I took a career break due to burn out but now will be returning to work soon. The guidance seems to indicate that . "A public transport journey is only suitable when: it would take less than 2 hours each way from the customer’s home to their place of…
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Work medical
So had my work medical the other day been put on restricted duties due to high blood pressure about to start taking tablets for it. But just want to know I’m I being petty here I’m coloured blind have been from birth so it’s not something that’s typically gonna worse or better lol as I know you can develop coloured…
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Healthcare scheme
Can an employer add you to a healthcare scheme without your permission? My employer has added me to a Bupa scheme that will cost me as a BIK. I knew nothing about it and asked to cancel but they are telling me they cannot cancel for a month. My problem is that as someone coming up retirement it will cost me around £1,500…
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ARC legal
I was recently made redundant and informed my insurance company in Feb 2025 who put me in touch with their legal section ARC legal. When through all the form filling and got a message from them on the 4th of June that they could now now provide legal cover as the policy was started a 25.02.25 and I was notified about…
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Advice required regards employment situation rights - location of work
hi Apologies in advance for long post but bit of story to this one, will keep it as brief as possible but looking for general advice / thoughts regards my situation I am employed by large multinational that has a relatively small presence in UK ~200 employees. I am a middle manager (senior for UK) reporting into a boss in…
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Grievance process
Hi My friend iscurrently going through a grievance process where a grievance has been made against hin. There were 4 allegations of which only one has been upheld. The one that was upheld relates inappropriate comments that he made to a colleague when he was having a discussion outside of work about other colleagues in the…
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National insurance and tax
So I use to pay very little NI and no tax but I’ve been caught up in fiscal drag. If I go from 24 hours to 16 hours I assume I would only pay pension? I believe tax free allowance is 12k and I’d be earning 10k? Currently get £15k so been caught up in tax.
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Preparing and sharing documents for tribunal
Hello, grateful for demystifying the process. I am repping a family friend taking his former employer to tribunal for unfair dismissal (as a pretext to avoid redundancy, if relevant). I’m CIPD qualified but haven’t been through a tribunal process yet. Here’s the only guidance I have from the tribunal - and haven’t been…
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ECOS Car Scheme removal by Gov? What is my company obliged to do?
I work as a Field based Manager and my team and I are all fortunate enough to benefit from the ECOS car scheme at work. The cars are essential for our role an also serve as ou main family vehicles. This allows us to get our company cars through the business at a substantially discounted rate where we do not have to pay BIK…
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HR ADVICE
Hello, I would like if you could provide some advise in regards of few issues that i have at work . I have been working for the same company for the past 16 years although i TUPE twice . Recently I have been signed off from work stress related symptoms as i have been covering double duties due to my colleague retirement.…
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How to enjoy my week off work
I am off work next week and this is the first time I will have had any time off work this year since Christmas, however the person in the office who I cover for when he is on holiday has booked time off for the week I am back off my holiday meaning I will be extremely busy as I will be doing the job of two people. I fully…
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Cover letter help
Hiya I've found a few apprenticeships that would suit me but I've never written a cover letter before my last job just wanted a CV no cover letter can anyone help with advice or tips for writing a cover letter? One of them is at my old collage that I love should I mention I was a former student and my love for the collage?
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Engineering recruitment consultancies that have engineers "stuck" in contract for years?
Hi,I was once put forward to work for (or rather, "via") a very big international engineering consultancy asan electronic engineer. They told me that they would always pay me a wage of £50k per year...and when inbetween jobs, they would also pay me then aswell(!!)This actually worried me because if they were doing that,…
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SAR specifics
I have requested a SAR from my previous employer but they've said my name alone produces too many items and have specifically stated that Teams and email messages that include my name is too broad. The refer to ICO guidance effectively stating that they don't have to do this as guidance suggests: “Data can contain…
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Interview for a position with a higher wage
I'm in the fortunate position to have an interview with an external company and the wage is £38k and I'm on £33k. So a step up. I believe I can do aspects of the job because it's similar to my own but also some I'm not familiar with, as it's more of an officer position whereas before I've done admin. The company have…
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Contracted for 35 Hours, But Told to Log Off Unpaid – Where Do We Stand?
I work remotely as a Customer Service Advisor for a bank, but I’m contracted through an employment agency. I'm paid directly by the agency and can leave the assignment at any time by giving 24 hours’ notice. Recently, the contractors working under the same agency (myself included) received an email stating that: “Rather…
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Please can someone help me with my grammar and English.
I wrote a promotion message but can someone please help me privately with correctly the grammar and spelling and make it make sense please as English is not my first language thanks .
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Accident at work, should I claim?
Hi, my son is a 21yr old plumbing apprentice who has worked for the same company since he was 17. Recently he was subcontracted to working on a construction site fitting all the new builds plumbing. The site foreman left him alone onsite at 3pm to go and get his wing mirror fixed, he asked him to shut the site up. At 4pm…
