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medical certificate
I have contacted my HR team about this and they are being very slow. It would be helpful to know if anyone here knows what I can and can't ask. I am not going to say anything until HR advise me, but this won't be until January now, and it is on my mind. (I will also try and forget about it over Christmas) I have a direct…
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Guidance on transferring to another division with large pay gap.
I realise this post may not elicit much sympathy considering the stories of grinding hardship on these forums, but then nor am I looking for it. If this triggers you for some reason, then keep in mind that one day this may be you asking, but here we go anyway! In the new year I'm being transferred to another division after…
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Probation period was extended because I have a new director that joined two weeks ago. Reasonable?
Dear all, Im reaching out to get a sanity check. I'm a financial planning and analysis manager with 8 years post qualified experience. I joined a medium sized company three months ago. I have received very positive feedback on my work, with the only negative feedback being I complain about the bad coffee in the office…
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Grievance/Settlement Agreement
Hello all. I’m hoping someone might be able to give me some advice. I am due to return to work from maternity leave soon and due to the way I was treated before I left and since, I don’t want to return. I believe I was discriminated against prior to leaving (excluded from meetings, team had pay rise other than me) I was…
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Final Pay
Hello all! So I started working with a company on the 1st August 2022. We are paid 1 month in arrears with pay day falling on the 15th of every month. I am set to leave the company on the 12th January 2024 and am being told that I will only receive the pay for 1st - 12th January 2024 on the 15th February 2024. When I…
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is working 12 hour nights shifts on 4 on 4 off legal?
Hi I am under the impression that i need to average a maximum of 8 hours a shift over 13 weeks as a night worker. The beginning of September I was "pushed" into working 12 hours shifts 4 on 4 off. Initially explained that i would struggle to accommodate the shift patterns they were suggesting, went off for two weeks…
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Temporary job question
Hi, If someone was a temp due to finish at Christmas shut down and say after the break they then find themselves asked to return in the new year, would that then be classed as new employment? (a loss of continuous employment because of the unpaid break in between Christmas and New Year) Many thanks
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Tax code confusion on what it actually means
I submitted my tax return last month, I work through an umbrella company as a contractor, they have to take what HMRC tell them for the code as I've contacted them before to query a code. I have a rental, I declared everything as normal. I had dividends which I declared and I paid a chunk into my Sipp which I entered also.…
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Maternity and Paternity Rights
My employer has just announced an enhanced paternity and maternity policy effective from Jan 1 for babies born in 2024. What right do employees who have had babies in the last few months have to access the enhanced plan. Maternity is increasing from 12 to 26wks appreciate it’s an enhanced plan so perhaps no divine right…
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I made an error
I had the 15-17th off due to ill health and my supervisor did use them as holidays. However mistakenly just now, I've emailed payroll asking how much I would get paid or I if get sick pay for the days off. payroll knows now I've had days off due to illness. My supervisor was going to use them as holiday days.…
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Backdating parts of contract
Good morning . im just wondering if anyone can tell me what the position is of an employer backdating part of the terms of a contract eg. Annual leave but not other parts of the same contract? Is this allowed and if so is it common place? Thanks in advance
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Promotion in the same year as pay award.
I wounder if anyone can help me. I've been promoted to senior level within my team which came with a pay rise because of the extra responsibility, tasks and deputising for my boss. It happens to be in the same year the whole company has been negotiating a pay award back dated to April 1st. I'm now being told i'm not having…
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Placed on 3 month "Support Plan" with a child on the way
Hello all, Work has been quiet for a while with not much work coming through and I don't think there will be much coming until the mid/ late 2024. Other team members are in the same position but I am not sure if they have been put on a plan. I have now been asked to write a 3 month "Support Plan" to improve my performance…
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Civil service back pay
I left the civil service in early November, before my organisation paid the 4.5% payrise which is to be back paid from April. Does anyone know if I would be entitled to the back pay from April to the date I left the organisation? I've already received my final payslip. Thank you!
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Payroll/Tax code error
Called HMRC today as I realised my tax code was incorrect, and has been for several years now, due to me transferring some of my personal tax free allowance to my husband, however my payslips are showing basic tax rate of 1257L. I hadn’t noticed until now. The lady I spoke to at HMRC then advised me that they are unable to…
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Credit Utlisation - employment credit check
I've been made a job offer for a company in financial services and they will complete a credit check as part of their background checks. I'm concerned because I have a high credit utilisation on some of my credit cards (3 of 5). I also have a large ish loan which was taken out to do work on the house when I mmovedlast…
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Sick at work
My son has been in a job it will be 3 years this May/June time. He’s not one to be off sick but this morning he’s thrown up 4 times whilst at work and explained to them that his 9yr old nephew had been at ours and has norovirus. They’ve said to him you can’t be that ill if you’ve come to work and won’t let him go home. He…
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Help with the Complexity of Employing someone on Universal Credit.
I am about to employ a family friend who's on UC due to waiting for a new knee for the last 9months and can no longer do their current job as the pain is so bad (no wonder we are not productive when people are forced out of work due to waiting lists) I am going to employ them one day a week in the office. I do not want to…
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Teacher Qualifications On The Job
Hi all, I've almost finished my Level 5 Education & Learning course and my school have said if they can offer me a teacher job while doing the teacher training alongside, they will. It's a council run SEN school but they're pretty damn good. If they can't offer me a place, I'll need to look at other schools however I'm…
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Different contract to my husband for the same job
I took a job as a software developer at the same company as my husband. Despite me asking, they did not supply the terms of my contract, other than salary, until my first day of work. I wasn't worried because I assumed it would be the same as his, as it is the same role. We both work part time. His contract is 25 days…
