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Things to do before starting my first job?
Hiya, Joined this forum as I can't find anything specific on the topic - I am finishing university in a couple of weeks and have a full-time job starting mid-July. I was wondering if there are any things eg. getting my first credit card, creating a budget etc. that people would recommend sorting out before I start work?…
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Moved departments in NHS with different work and hours
Hello everyone, I am one of 3 senior nurses in a suite of operating theatres, due to organisational changes one senior anaesthetic practitioner will come under our budget, and one of us will be forced to move to another department, no one wants to go. The other department uses x-ray a lot and I for example cannot wear a…
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Work hotel stays as a taxable benefit - confused how this actually works
Hi all, As part of my job I often have to stay in a hotel, paid for by work, in order to be able to get into central London before public transport starts up. Although this is paid by the company, it is a taxable benefit, but it's the mechanics of this that are confusing me. What seems to happen is, my "Payments" section…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should I pay my colleagues £500 for looking after their house and cats?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... Two colleagues, who are a couple, were going travelling for a few months and asked me to house-sit for them and look after their two cats. We didn't discuss money, but they presented it as a way of reducing the cost of my commute (which was true) so I agreed. When they…
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References capacity.
When providing references for a
job application, how would I answer the question "In what capacity do you
know this person?" Both of my referees are managers.
Would I just put manager or employer? Thanks
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Working at a company with no HR
I've worked for global companies that have an HR department and once in my life I worked for a small start up with no HR. I'm in the process of job hunting again and I had an interview with a company that had been trading for 70 years, but had no HR. They were just using recruiters to find candidates. From the beginning I…
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Pay rise withheld after promotion
The company I work in has a negotiated pay rise. The company in recent years has changed rules so that anyone securing a promotion between certain dates does not get this negotiated rise. It is not well publicised and not mentioned in job adverts. This doesn’t seem to have been a problem in previous years but the pay rise…
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Taking Former "Employer" to Court
Hi there, After getting advise on whether I could take my former employer to court or not, I was fairly confident on proceeding, but on further reading I'm growing a little more concerned as to whether I'm doing the right thing. I'm owed invoices totalling over 15k, for work I carried out for his company - I worked for him…
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P11D Error - How to correct it?
I find myself in a situation I've seen posted here before, but unable to find an example of the resolution: A former employer sent in a P11D to HMRC which was in error, and I now have a tax liability. - I notified HMRC and the employer immediately when my P11D was issued. They acknowledged the question, but didn't confirm…
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GDPR in Grievance meeting?
I have pictures which show my employers unethical practices, can I show them in a grievance meeting? Some of them contain names and dates etc. Can I show them too? Cheers
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Civil Service Reserve List?
Recently had an interview for the Justice Service, They told me i will be put on the reserve list until the end of November of this year. I understand this means the highest scorers will be offered the job and reserve list is like the subs bench. Anybody ever heard of a six month reserve list as the last one was 12 months…
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double pay issue
I'll be finishing my current employment on the 31st of may and starting my new job on the 3rd of June, i get paid every month on the 26th currently and my new job will be on the 25th so, i am on 0 hours at the moment so i work a month in hand, so when i leave at the end of the next month [June] ill be getting paid 2 times…
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Self Employed : Claiming between work?
This is something I have never really considered, so just asking to see if its something to look into? I am self-employed as a musician, and have been getting regular work, even though it fluctuates month by month. So I go from feast (if you can call it that) to famine from month to month. Is there anything that I can…
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Early finishes when salaried
Hi, my employer has recently mandated that all salaried employees should begin to clock in and out. With this in mind, would be employer be within their rights to dock an hourly rate, for early finishes? They haven’t amended my contract, and I haven’t signed anything to agree to changes… I was always under the impression…
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Benefits
could some one advice how maney hours minets do i need to work at 12.00 an hour to earn 793.pounds every 4 weeks am having trubble with benefits
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should my son ask for another pay rise on top of his recent one?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... My son's 22 and works in a salaried role. His pay began just above the national minimum wage. Following his last performance review, he was given a percentage pay increase as recognition for his efforts. But with the national minimum wage having increased last month, and the…
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Oncall rates, IT
My employer is currently working up a proposal for us to go on call - we're home workers in an IT service management environment. Just so I can be forearmed, it'd be really helpful, if you're happy to, if anyone could tell me what they're currently getting paid for this kind of oncall work? A retainer plus time worked for…
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Impact on NMW - Buying & Selling Holidays
Hello My company offers the option to buy & sell holidays but I wondered if that impacted on NMW? ie if an employee buys some holiday and the employer deducts this amount over a set period, it reduces their pay to below NMW. I know this is allowed in some cases but wondered if it was allowed in this instance? Many thanks…
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Private (independent) Sick Pay Policy
Hi, In my job in public sector there is no access to sick pay until you have passed the first 12 months of service. Does anyone know how these work? is it worth doing or do you need to pay in a lot each month. I’ve tried looking on the provider website to see if you need to be in the best of health but couldn’t quite see…
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How to contact dwp for jobs at the job centre?
I have been out of work for a bit due to a health condition, I'm currently talking to a health and disability adviser, She has suggested going to local libraries to see if they want volunteers to help people with their basic computer needs. It's been a long time since I stepped foot in the job centre but I do remember…
