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postman sacked
Hi, not sure if anyone can help, my daughter's boyfriend was a postman, they are all given extra leaflets to deliver and lots of them get dumped or left behind, anyway the boyfriend had, had a bad foot, after slipping off a kerb, on this particular day he had only a few leaflets to deliver and put them in the bin,…
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Advice Needed re drug testing and suspension
I hope someone can help me here. I am in tears with frustration and anger over this. My daughter has been in her job for 15 months. She is in the middle of buying a house in another part of the country and has agreed a transfer to another branch in that area. She is actually working for the new branch from the current…
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Bonus payment issue
Hello team, Hope you're doing well. Long story short, from November 2023 I've been took over from my old company X who use to deliver goods for Y. So the new company called Y, before the overtaking process said everything will be the same, hours, overtime nothing changes. But obviously this never happened once they took us…
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Interview wear
Not had an interview for many years i have got an interview for a hgv skip driver role just wondering what interview wear i should wear? Would smart casual be ok?
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PAYE to Self employed car advice needed
Hi All Next month I will leave my PAYE job and go self employed the week after I leave. I need to buy a car as I currently have a company car, I will need to buy this now so its ready for when I start self employment. How do I include the cost of it in my tax return as the purchase will be before I register as self…
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Do i need a sickness note?
I have been off from Tuesday with sickness and flu. I'm still not better and thinking to stay off until Monday which will make it 7 days. But Tuesday will then be my scheduled day off, will I need a note from doctor still?
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NHS manager giving employee job without an interview?
I appreciate this might be a difficult question to answer and presume I'll need to seek further assistance to find out, but any advice is appreciated. In my department, there has been a 'trainee' post advertised which has quite a few internal applicants shortlisted for interviews. All the applicants apart from one are in…
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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…
