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Double notice period - which would apply?
I've been terminated last week, after working 13 months, effective immediately. The employer sent out a letter of termination that states they will pay the notice in lieu (aka PILON), but it doesn't say how much/long so I checked the contract and I'm confused - a single clause has 3 notice periods mentioned: * one week -…
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Returning Company Car
I have just resigned from a role and I have been told that I am now obliged to have to return the company car back to the business. This will involve a 6 hour drive up to the office, and then having to find a way back ( they have offered to purchase a train ticket) I have suggested that the car is collected by means of a…
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Notice period in a temporary job
Hi, Appreciate I’m being selfish but I feel I’m getting ever more stuck in a quiet job, for example on return 2nd January I’d caught up on the ‘Xmas shut down build up’ by 10:30am working alone. You can’t do cleaning to while the time away as there is already a cleaner on site and I don’t want to start doing 2 jobs for the…
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Am I under contract?
In 2021 I was employed by Mu*** D** Ltd with a contract and then the owner of the business transferred my employment to another one of his companies V**** Ltd by giving me a P45 and a new contract. V**** was sold last year and I was given another P45 but no new contract. He started paying me through Mu*** D** Ltd again. I…
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Is this meeting minimum wage?
Hi This is about my partner. I want to know if this meets minimum wage. He works different hours every week and with different days off. He is a coach driver for a small business. He gets £460 a week after deductions. This week, as a typical example he has worked- Monday 11am to 10pm with about 6 hours of this being non…
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Stuck in the middle of a family business fallout?
Unknown to me when I took this job in October I was walking into the middle of a family fallout. I was replacing a spouse who walked out after a fallout. The sibling in question is the HR person, she has cut our hours etc and the other siblings seem powerless to do anything even though we're busier than ever and all…
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How to format CV
Some time ago I had an online session with a job coach both as group and individually. The CV advice was to save in a Microsoft Word 97-03 format and to make it ATS friendly. In my individual session he advised me to keep my CV the same because it was getting me plenty of interviews and my issue was not passing the…
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Handing in notice
I have to hand in my written notice. I'm not 100% sure on what my notice period is. It maybe a month in the contract. That they actually never got me to sign. I think people have left sooner. Do I need to write on my notice letter when my last day of employment will be? Thank yiu
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Disciplinary help
Hello, I’ve currently been suspended for the past 3 weeks and have my hearing next week. HR emailed me my invitation letter along with the investigation notes and witness statements. HR also cc’d in the person who is chairing the disciplinary. Is this allowed as it gives him time to have a pre-empted decision before the…
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Anyone else finding the current job market tough?
I've been keeping a keen eye since before Christmas, Indeed unless you want a care roll or Nursing is useless, anything suitable if at all is miles away, factor in transport wouldn't be doable. I did think it would pick up into new year but it's not happened. Compared to this time last year I had 3 job offers when I was…
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'suggested' i go self-employed
My boss has suggested I become self-employed. He says the business can't sustain me as an employee. This is not what I want, but I feel a bullied into accepting this. We are a small business (2 partners) and me.
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Interpretation of self employment contract
I’m full of a head cold so know i could be going off at the deep end here so am reaching out to see if I am way off base. My self employment contract states that 2.2 The manner in which XXX performs the services is at XXX discretion This is for a tutoring service. Further up in the contract it does state I need to ‘assess…
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Facing redundancy AGAIN! Employment law queries.
Edited now to avoid confusion Position redundant at Site A july 31st 2020, Phone call 11 days into August 2020 to go back to same employer. Rehired on new contract addressed at site B despite sitting at my original desk doing the same role at site A. Start date 1st September 2020, been in their employment since. Now I am…
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Claim off employer
Just a quick question, can you make a claim against your employer (assuming they have liability insurance of course) for any condition which you believe has been caused by your job over a period of years? I've spoken to a couple of no win no fee solicitors who have said if there was no specific accident of note then it…
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Job offer
How long realistically do you have to think about a job offer?
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Healthcare Locum - step by step process to becoming a locum
I want to start locuming. I've always been hesitant as I want to declare tax but I don't know the process. I would very much appreciate if someone can give me a step to step guide and advise on how to become self employed and locum full time How to declare tax. Is it best to be a ltd? Recommend business cards from banks/…
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Holiday pay?
I'm retired but go beating on shooting estates throughout the season , one estate I beat for has paid me holiday pay this year , the other estate I beat for since 2006 does not pay holiday pay , we receive 5.5 hours at the national minimum wage rate ,the money being paid into the bank monthly and taxed and a P60 sent at…
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Requesting DBS Update Service ID from An Ex-Employer.
Hi all, I had been working in higher education as a tutor before Xmas 2023, and quit the job as the students were much more behaved than the vast majority of my colleagues. I have moved back to my hometown after Xmas and have an upcoming interview for a very similar position in a more chill environment. My previous…
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Flexible working and incorrect salary
I’m currently on maternity leave and due to return to work in a couple of months. I put in a flexible working request to reduce my hours down from 37.5 to 34.5. Had the necessary meeting with my boss, who agreed to the hours, and the acceptance letter was sent to me to be signed. The letter stated a salary circa £22k. Two…
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Frustrated nurse
This is just a bit of a rant to be honest My wife as been a qualified nurse for 34 years and always been in work in the nursing home sector (NHS made her redundant shortly after qualifying by shutting down the hospital) she works in nursing homes usually on the bank, the few places she’s on the books for she’s not been…
