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Umbrella pay
What does it mean when a job offers an hourly rate. Umbrella
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Verbal warning question
Hi i hope you can kindly give some advice please, my daughter has been in her new job 6 months working remotely. They cut her probation short due to how impressed they were with her work and because of this provided her with an £40k company car. The job is like an area sales manager. When she started she did ask the…
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Owe money to employer - will I get a new tax code and will this affect my tax-free childcare?
Hello there I'm in a bit of a pickle as I've found out I owe money to my employer. I thought I'd received a payrise like many others in the organiation, but apparently I was too new and shouldn't have been given it - a total mistake on their side. I owe around £1000 and they've asked me to pay it off monthly until the new…
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Overpaid Mileage Rate - Company Chasing Payment
Hi all, Hoping for some advice on an overpayment of mileage rate when claiming expenses. I've had a salary sacrifice car since 2020 which I use for personal and business mileage. The company has 2 schemes for claiming mileage: 'authorised user' which is anyone who uses their own personal vehicle for business use 'salary…
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Is this bullying?
I have been employed at my place of work for 6 years. For the first 3+ years everything was fine. But then, for no particular reason, the 3 workers I work mostly with, started to change their attitude towards me. I confronted them one day and management had to get involved and things go better. Our company was amalgamated…
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Notice period
I have been offered a new job with a start date of January and with a 4 week notice period I don't have to give my notice in until 1st Dec. Our office shuts for the Christmas week so essentially it would be 3 working weeks of notice. I have a good relationship with my boss and would like to give her as much notice as…
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Bank holiday entitlement when closed on Mondays
Hi all, I work at a kitchen and have been tasked with working out
holiday entitlement, etc, something I’ve never done before and I’m finding it a
real head scratcher. Our employees are entitled to 20 days holiday plus bank holidays.
Most work 5 days a week but some work 6. Being a kitchen, we are always closed
on Mondays…
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Reference advice
Hi, Wonder if I can get some help again. My new employer is sending contract and understandably would like to take up references. They've asked for 1x Character (no problem there) and 1x current/most recent employer which is where I'm sort of debating. With my current organisation I'll only have been with them three weeks…
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Unfair dismissal holiday pay
Hi everyone bit of a weird one,I’ve worked part time for 3 years 16 hours a week for an employer,I never received a contract even tho asking on numerous occasions,also I’ve never received any holiday pay simply stating we don’t pay holiday pay,I have every pay slip for the 3 years but never any deductions for holiday pay…
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Current Employer holding onto my P45
I resigned from my job on 15 October and requested to leave on 31st October. I am in a 4 week notice but as I get paid monthly at the end I thought it was a reasonable request to keep payments clean and simple. The MD is bitter I am leaving but has victimised me for the past year and now not spoken to me for the past 6…
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Amazon flex driver rip off
Hi guys I worked as a Flex delivery driver, delivering Amazon parcels. I'm wasnt directly employed by Amazon, I'm whats known as a flex driver, I use the Flex app to take a block (delivery slot time) that suits my daily schedule,these blocks can range from 3hrs to 5 hrs how they price them is 3hrs £39 around 26 -30 parcels…
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folklift licence
can anyone help i passed my rtitb recognised test over 5 years ago, it is recommnded to have a refresher every 3 years i am using the folklift everyday so its not law my licence hasnt ran out but it wont be on the rtitb database ive asked my employer for a refresher and it was a no if i want to move onto a new job but with…
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When applying for work what evidence do I need to show that I have legal right to work in the UK?
British with Brit passport, but what do i need to send as evidence as right to work in the UK e.g. photo of what?
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Redundancy (again!)
EDIT. Problem is resolved. Mods, you can close this thread. (Deep heavy sigh) The axe fell on myself this week. Myself and HR had a Zoom meeting where they informed me about the redundancy and I asked about the possiblity of going part time. I then received a follow up email. Would you good people help me interpret this…
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Commission Owed
Hi, It has come to light that the commission I have received is far lower than what was in my offer letter when I started this position 4 years ago. In March 2023 I had to reapply for my job as redundancies were being made due to a merger, it was then I noticed my offer letter which I accepted the job on was more than the…
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My wife has been contionuosuly charged for a car park she hasn't used in nearly 2 years
Hi, first time posting a thread here but I didn't really know where else to go as it is a bit of a niche subject. My wife (let's call her G) is a nurse and used to work on a ward in a hospital. Now anyone who knows this job know that nurses get charged for the privilege of parking their car at work on a monthly basis and…
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Why would someone constantly get letters saying they've underpaid on tax?
I've been in full time employment for over 20 years and not once have I ever received a letter saying I've underpaid on tax. Unfortunately I've never received a letter saying I've overpaid either. My wife last year received a letter saying she'd underpaid but this was due to some balls up with paperwork as her change in…
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I am going to get professional career advice because
- I am tired of the lack of good information for jobseekers - Encouraged to be picky when I can't be picky - Being constantly told to take up volunteering - Suggestions to start your own business (no further information; just start your own business) - The lack of community in the UK - The resistance from others when you…
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Can my employer force me to be a Fire Marshall / warden?
Hi All I would like to ask a question about employment law, it’s not in the direct sense of saving money, but more my time. The question is can my Employer force me to be a fire marshal / warden? I wasn’t asked to be a fire warden I, came back of holiday a few years ago, only to receive an email thank you for becoming a…
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Formal offer received, awaiting to start new job, new HR now asking for current salary?
Hi, I was provisionally offered a new job in December subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks including security clearance. Last Friday, the new company confirmed the checks are all complete, said my offer was now a 'formal offer' rather than a provisional offer, and asked me to start in exactly 4 weeks' time. I…
