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Working from home
Hi everyone, At the moment I’m working from home due to injury. Cut a long story short, I’ve torn the cartilage in my knee and I’m waiting for surgery, which is next months. My occupational health department has said I am to work from home until, and after my surgery so it’s advised from a medical professional. My energy…
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Can a company insist you find cover before requesting a/l
A workplace near me (it's a leisure centre) has issued new guidance saying that if any of it's staff want a/l they must (it's very specific that the onus is on them) get agreement in writing from one of their colleagues that they will cover their shifts before submitting the a/l request. They also state that any unused a/l…
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Chasing money after leaving job
Hello all, happy Sunday - apologies for the potentially long post but I would really value any advice or insight. I wasn't sure which forum to put this in, I hope this is the right place. So a long story short, but back at the end of September by boyfriend's company failed to pay their entire office (300 odd people). They…
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Forced from Employed to Self Employed
I'm desperate for some simple advice on a Matter where my employer (Whom i have been with for 15 years) has now told me that i have to go Self Employed. Do i have any rights in this situation as I really don't want to go Self Employed, its worrying me sick. I will be doing the same Job for the same money. They have said it…
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P45 details incorrect
My ex employer has issued a P45 and the personal details are wrong. Date of birth has been entered as month/day/ year instead of day/month/year and my surname has been spelled incorrectly. It is double barrelled and instead of Smith-Jones they have put Jones-Smith. The NI number and address are correct I have asked them to…
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Getting away with falsifying working time
Looking for feedback/advice from impartial people on this. Like I imagine with every other company, you can't go punching people in/out (time cards, not physically, although that too). The company do however allow us to punch others in/out if they're stood there with you. This was specified years ago when a couple people…
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Phased return to work and annual leave
Hi I need some advice. I have recently returned to work from a long period of absence. Because of my job role and work involved and the reason I was off work sick means that I required a phased return to work. Instead of having my original workload chucked in front of me I would have it given back to me in stages till…
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Not giving 28 days annual leave is this something I should pursue?
So after some opinions on this. I recently started a new job, during the interview process I asked about holidays, she named various dates etc, all seemed normal to me, accepted the job and started. Once I got in after few weeks of talking to others the chat of Christmas holidays came up and other holidays in general, I…
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Compassionate leave - employee lying
I manage a busy team. One staff member has been granted a lot of compassionate leave as he has a disabled child who is very ill. He recently took a lot of time off to care for a very sick relative in hospital as the usual carer had Covid. All of this has been paid time off. When I ask him to make up some time or take back…
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HOW to get out of a months notice to resign + other problems
I dont like my job, ive been there almost 3 years, I started applying for other jobs, i get daily notifications from Indeed website suggesting jobs, but 90% of them state "immediate start" or "urgently required". This months notice is stopping me applying. I get paid monthly, my contract says months notice required, I work…
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Working from home allowance
Hi I am employed as an Ambulance Response Driver based at home on-call 24 hours over a seven day period on a week on, week off basis. The vehicle is kept at home and it is my responsibility to conduct a daily safety check together with cleaning as required. In addition, I attend Ad hoc ‘zoom’ meetings when not deployed.…
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2 jobs with the same employer
Hope I am in the right location with this question. I have a job working 3 days a week at a hospital. I am about to take on a second job working 2 days a week at the same hospital (same employer). I will be paid on the same day for both jobs. I will have the same pension plan for both jobs. Please can anyone tell me…
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Redundancy - racial discrimination?
Hi All. I was recently made redundant after being with my employer for just over 1 year and strongly believe I have been racially discriminated against and that has led to my selection for redundancy. I am now considering pursuing this through the tribunal route as the employer is not willing to partake in early…
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Contract query
Hi all, Ive been offered a job verbally, with email confirmation 2 days ago. Received contract to sign with offer letter today. I’m just feeling a bit wary…. . I’m not asking for legal expertise obviously, just general feeling/opinion. It all came via email with a ton of attachments need completing, reference checks, DBS…
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Mandatory training
Hi all, Ive just received a text from my manager, which looks like it’s been sent to everyone in the work place. Manager informs us that we need to do some training in relation to a client we look after, and she has put “ this training is vital to continue working here” However, happy to do the training I have no issues…
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Maternity and Paternity Leave - Your Rights and Pay guide discussion area
Hi there, this thread is to discuss our new guide on Maternity and Paternity Leave: Your Rights and Pay. To share experiences, questions or feedback, please click reply. Thank you.If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all works, watch our New to Forum? Intro Guide.
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Employer breached my privacy
I've been working at home for almost the past year in a Covid related role. I've recently learned that my direct manager has been watching myself and my colleague's, without us knowing. We have some kind of agent track software on our laptops and my not so professional or savvy manager let it recently slip that they could…
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Self employed but just started PAYE job alongside, if contract ends can I claim Universal Credit?
So I've been self employed for years and I heard it's a nightmare to claim UC (get dole or jobseekers or whatever it's called) if you suddenlye get injured which I have and I can't work as much as before but as I've started a PAYE (sedentary job)on the side, if that ends in four weeks , I'll have the paperwork to confirm…
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Job Seekers Allowance Application
I was made redundant at the end of July, and started actively looking for new jobs immediately. I didn't apply for JSA till Sep 18, but with a backdated start date of 1 Aug. I got a text/email update on 10th October saying that they had started processing my claim, but nothing since. So it's been 7 weeks since I put my…
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Boredome at work
How do you guys deal with boredome at work? I was fairly busy until a month ago or so. Then workwise things calmed down and it's like I have maybe 1-2 left without many things to do before I leave. I feel like my brain is going dead and then I start feeling sleepy lol. It's better than being overly stressed, but I'm…
