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SETTLED. school holiday dates changed after holiday booking
Hi guysMy wife and I have spent much time on this issue. Any help is very much appreciated. At the back end of 2023, I checked the dates for the school holidays on the Council's website before booking a 7-day holiday during the October (2024) school 1-week half-term. *This is the only time we can travel as my wife works in…
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Notice Period based on the clause in the contract
I am looking to understand the clause as below, I think i got it right One month but just wanted to doublecheck if there isnt any detail that i am missing here I signed the contract on 2nd of Feb 2023 and started working on 10th March 2023, so now if I give the notice period on say 1st of Feb 2024(or any date before 10th…
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Frozen pay for 11 years - any similar experiences?
Hi all Me and a few of my colleagues work in the public health sector
and our pay has been frozen since April 2013 (11 years this April!). We went through an organisational change where a new pay
band structure was put into place which was less favourable than the one we’re
on. We were therefore given the choice of
staying…
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DSE Not Being Provided At Work
HiDue to a reorganisation of offices due to Covid, our office block was cleared of equipment and some DSE has not been returned. The IT Dept have been contacted by several managers but the replies just say that they are on the list but no timescales given and it's gone on for over 5 months already. What do we do?Thank you…
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Seeking an outside opinion: resigning while off sick and unresolved investigation
Hi, Seeking an objective outside opinion on a difficult situation. My partner is currently off sick with anxiety following several traumatic events last year. The principal cause [as detailed on her fit notes] being bereavement after losing two close family members in separate incidents. She has come to the conclusion that…
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Is this Maternity Discrimination?
Hi, really looking for some advice. I feel heartbroken with how things have turned out. To give a quick back story, I have worked for this employer for almost 5 years, was always receiving positive meetings, hitting targets etc. I had my baby boy in February 2023. I planned to return back to my current employer, but sadly…
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NHS Prechecks All Done And Not Got Start Date Yet
Phoned up twice and they said they put note on my account and such but have not heard anything for a week took 3 weeks for offer to be sent out and then 6 weeks for dbs and now waiting for my start date. My New department wants me to start. Everyime phone hr there same peron on phone with low voice and cant really…
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Reasonable adjustments in a leased building.
Hi I work in a union campus & my employers lease a floor. Who is reasonable for reasonable adjustments, for example a lock on a door? The university & my employers are passing the buck to each other meanwhile I'm having awful issues. Does the university as landlord have a duty to provide adjustments too? Thanks.
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Tax returns as self employed but I didn't work in the last years. Can I still do it?
Hi everyone. I'm self employed and I'm about to do my tax returns. Unfortunately in the last two years due to health issues I was not able to work and I was supported by my parents. So when I will have to specify profit and expenses, it will be 0 on both voices. Am I still allowed to do my tax returns or I have to remove…
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Physiotherapy and sports massage
I have recently qualified at level 3 in sports massage. I'm not sure what to do next, however. I enjoyed it, and am wondering whether to re-train as a physio. Or am I too old (I'm in my 40s)?
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Finish Early Friday Entitlement
Hi All, I wonder if anyone is in similar situations? My company offer a finish early friday perk for everyone in the company, so when we hit specific targets the month previous, everyone is entitiled to finish at 4pm each week for the month. 70% of employees don't take this on a friday, and choose to use this another day…
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work provided VPN failure - demanding holiday time used or travel to an office unpaid time as result
Hi, I'm just curious to what peoples opinion of this situation is. In my job, in a very large organisation, we are remote/agile workers, so working from home 3 days a week, at office 2 days a week. There is insufficient space for all staff to be in 5 days a week due to them getting rid of some buildings during the old…
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Holiday PAy
What is this holiday pay people keep wanging on about? I get a wage and "X" numbers of days leave per annum. I see no reference to holiday pay in my contract, what are people wanging on about? Thanks Dudes!
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Going into the Higher Tax Band 2023/24
Hi all, I am after some info if possible? I have spoken to HRMC concerned that I will be entering the higher Tax band 40% as I get towards the end of the financial year. I wanted some info to see what happens as I go into this higher band. However the information I got from them was not convincing and very confusing. This…
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Anyone work as a supermarket delivery driver. Which company are best to work for?
Just looking to find out which supermarket are best to work for as a delivery driver and what is involved in the job at the different supermarkets.
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Rights during prohibition period
This is a really weird one so I’ll keep it as short as I can but I’d appreciate any advice! I’m a single dad with in rental property with my two kids, an 18yr old with ASD and a 10yr old with ADHD and going through the ASD assessment process. I started what I thought was the perfect job in December, doing a role I had…
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Annual Leave to be paid when an employee leaves
Hi, I will have to check my wifes contract later, but is there a 'standard' that should be paid when someone leaves a company for annual leave and accrued leave. My wife has decided to leave/not return to her current employment on 31 March 2024. She has 20 days accrued for 2023 and would be due 20 days for 2024. So I…
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Paid by ex-employer months after leaving and has messed my tax up with HMRC
This one is a bit of an odd one, my partner left their previous employer in June and started a new job in September. In November out of the Blue the previous employer put a wage payment into their bank. The money was promptly returned by my partner, the next payment from their current employer in December & January was…
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Possible CCJ action from previous employer
Hi guys, Not sure this is in the right section but I'll give it a go. It's quite a long winded subject but I will keep it as short and detailed as possible for now. Basically, my friend used to work for a large well known delivery company and he had his own franchise. When he left a few months ago, he handed his van back…
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Payslip help
Good Afternoon, I Was hoping someone could help me work out a query with my payslip I get 1750 a month gross a month with myself paying into a pension of 49.20 so it looks like this Basic Pay. 1750.00 income tax 140.40 National Insurance. 114.36 Aviva 49.20 total deduction 303.96 Total net pay is 1476.16 my query is when…
