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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?…
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Being used at work
Hi, I'm so sorry I could really use some advice - I understand in advance if I got called rotten things. I feel horribly used by my temporary employer and come to a point I don't feel I can afford to be in my current job. I've had less then 7 days holiday to cope with whereas a temp has had nearly 7 weeks on the same…
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Holiday Pay
How many weeks do I need to work before I get holiday pay.
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Getting union recognised at small workplace
Hello all I am new to the union goings on so just looking for some general advice after doing some basic research. I work in a company of approx. 50 staff and some of us have mentioned unions in discussions with issues we have been having, to try to stand as one. I personally have signed up with Unite and I will be passing…
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First Time As Self Employed Optician "Locum" - any tips before starting, how to declare tax etc
Since qualifying over 10 years ago. I have never locum before and this will be my first time. I've always wanted to but the biggest reason why I've never locum is I don't know how to declare my tax as being self employed and I don't want to fall back on this. However, I have come to a stage in my career where I feel this…
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Company holding payment in lieu of IT equipment
Hi all.. My contract was terminated and company suggested that they will hold payment until I have returned their IT equipment. They advise that they will write to me where to get the equipment back to. Now its been a few months and they have not come back to me. When I wrote to them they said no monies are owed. When I…
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Wrong wages on HMRC
I have been in my current employment for nearly 4 years. I have just found out from the HMRC on the gateway site that they have my old wages on the system from about 3 years ago. I had rises of about £5000 in total since then. The problem is the HMRC have still not got the correct wages I am on. It is still £2000 lower…
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Company withholding pay
I handed in my notice a few weeks back. My employer wasn’t happy about this but there has been a lot of change recently, they haven’t been taking any engineers opinions on board so I’ve found something better suited. I planned on working my entire notice and leaving on good terms, though actions from senior management have…
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6 month notice to get paid bonus
my employer has told us that if we don’t sign a new contract with a new 6 month notice period (regardless of where you go) we won’t be paid any bonus or be eligible for the bonus scheme. It seems excessive. Is this allowed?
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Substantive Role NHSP Help!
Been told when joined that since already done my training with NHS Hub that it covers the NHSP training but getting emails saying its going to expire just wondering if you are a Substantive role do you have to do both training?
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Claiming Expenses
Hi I currently claim the HMRC AER for my EV company car for all business mileage, and most of my car charging is done at home. However, for the times when I do need to charge on public chargers, the AER does not cover the true cost and I end up funding business mileage from my own pocket. Am I within my rights to submit a…
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47, low wage, frustrated
Hello! I'm 47 and just started my new job, 25K pa. I'm frustrated, as I really want to earn a better salary. I came to this country nearly twenty years ago, I worked in some low-paid jobs and run my cleaning business for nearly a decade . It worked well for me, as I was raising my young son. I applied for a bank job in…
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Employment Status changed from Employed to Self-employed
I have been doing the same driving job for the past six years, working for an employment agency under a temporary seasonal contract, which could last anywhere between eight and eleven months. They provide drivers for a very specific roll to another international company who themselves are an intermediary and carry out the…
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Off work now formal meeting
Asking for someone else. She has been off work from a well known supermarket for 15 weeks, due to mental health and anxiety issues (suffered since early teens), recently requiring hospital treatment for self harm. She is a single parent with 3 young children under 5. She has had 1 informal meeting and 1 formal meeting with…
