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Paid sick leave
What is typical sick leave allowance in private sector work? I know NHS doctors and nurses are the most fortunate with 6 months full pay and 6 months half, but surely most SME and even large companies can't afford that. So what is typical for a professional job paying circa £60k a year? Also, how long does one need to be…
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employer docked my pay,
Hello, I was working for royal mail until recently, I lost my job due to gross misconduct as a result of my depression. Before Christmas, I took two unauthorised days of absence, these two days were confirmed in the dismissal meeting with my manager, 23rd and 24th. I went back to work on the 27th. I have found that they…
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Essentially lost my job due to having a baby - where next?
The back story is quite long so I'll do a TL:DR at the top. TL:DR I have been a qualified OT for 7 years now, working in the same hospital since I qualified. Got a static role as a band 6 in early 2020 and happily started to build my career in a specialist area. Went on maternity leave (took a full year) and on my return…
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Signing out after a shift
So appreciate this may come across petty but would appreciate some advice please. So I work on the railway nights 12hr shifts so at the end of our shift we sign out and go home our finish time is 6:30am but we are give 15 minutes wash up time so can finish at 6:15am. However most nights we are done by 6:05-6:10 and the…
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Do I have to work notice?
I have been in my current job for over 7 years as a senior manager. For various reasons, I want to leave at beginning of June. Contractually, I have to give 3 months notice and only a couple of days of holidays left so would need ideally to hand in my notice asap. However, we are due to receive a bonus at start of April…
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Late career change into law?
Hello, I'm looking for some career advice. I currently work in health & safety and have always been fascinated by the legal side of the profession. I've been thinking for some time whether it's worth embarking on a law degree (specifically a LLB degree), which would take me 6 years to do part time, and wouldn't be complete…
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Upskilling on Analyst Requirements
Hi, I have noticed that several jobs are just slightly out of scope for me as I don't have the following, is there anywhere I can upskill on these or are they a little more difficult than that? Power BI dashboards SQL and power query. Any advice would be appreciated.
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Is 3 months enough time to judge if your new job is right for you?
Wondered if 3 months is too soon to make a decision or have you known instantly and acted on that? Thanks
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Any success stories from challenging rejection of flexible working requests?
Our office just decided to end their flexible working policies and bring everyone back into the office with the typical corporate bs about it being for collaboration. I put in a flexible working request to keep to our original flexible working policy on the grounds of caring for a disabled child and got rejected as they…
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Is 45-75mins a normal commute these days?
Trying to weigh a role up. Now I didn’t put miles as many of us have jobs less miles, more time due to location and traffic issues. Would you commute up to an hour for a job? Thanks
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Husbands job role being advertised as 'invitation to tender' - help please?
Hello, My husband works for a company as an employed salaried member, and has done for more than 2 years. His company/industry are going through a 'cost cutting' period of time and there has been lots of staff dismissals/resignations. He came across an advert from his company inviting companies to tender for a contract,…
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Resigning - going to be very awkward…
I’m currently training for a NHS role, that is part, University and part in service. After 6 weeks, I’ve decided, it’s not for me. The process and the role itself are very rigid and I am looking to return to my previous education field. How do I leave? In a short time I have met lots of peers, lecturers and line managers…
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Advice on getting out of unemployment
I am in my early thirties, have never been employed, have an undergraduate degree (first-class, if that makes any difference to anything) in a humanities subject that does not lend itself to any obvious avenues of employment bar teaching (I was not aware of this at the time). I do not want to be a teacher, so I have…
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Reduced ours and permanent overtime
I’ve had my hours reduced at eork to three days not four but I’m expected to do the fourth day as overtime. This isn’t asked they just add me to the rota each week. So I lose a days wages every time I take a weeks holiday. The reason is there employing someone else full time so had to reduce my hours to be able to justify…
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Young Entrepreneur's starting mobile catering business
I have two 16 year olds (17 this year) and are looking to set up a mobile food van. my question is how we can go about them taking card payments without having a business bank account (as they are under 18) They currently run a small confectionary business from home and are registered with hmrc etc (and currently take bank…
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Resign before being sacked
A friend started a new job 6 weeks ago - it hasn't gone very well. I will spare you the details but she had a meeting today - whilst on suspension - with her boss and HR and it looks extremely likely she will be dismissed in a few days time. Rather than be sacked and potentially receiving a bad reference, is it worth her…
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Earnings to date don't match HMRC?
Long story short I'm trying to sort out my tax credits, it's ask for all the employment over past year. On my wage slip says £21k but checking on HMRC it says £17k. I've checked all payments and all seems right. Why would this be? I'm unsure what to use for tax credits now
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My Employer Looking to Finish Me after 27 years
Hi Ive worked for my employer for just over 27 years but unfortunately I’ve been off work with ill health for over 2 years. I was lucky that my employer has an insurance scheme that paid me a percentage of my pay for the last 2 years. This has now come to an end and they want to pay me one years holiday pay in my next pay…
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Difficult boss- am I being unreasonable?
Someone in my team at work is very difficult and I’m thinking about leaving, but my manager has told me that I need to find a way to work with them. I think I should leave but I’m second guessing myself and don’t want to be unreasonable. Basically I am a junior person in a team of five (the other four are far more senior…
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1 month notice but only been in the role 3 months?
Does the 1 month still apply? My contract simply says a month notice for the band I am (NHS) but wonder if they will want this if they have a member of staff leaving so soon and isn’t invested - training etc Not a position I’ve been in before as I normally work 2-5years. Anyone have experience of this and what happened?…
