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Possible Removal/Change of Bank Holiday
I work in non essential retail in Scotland (charity shop). We have closed every Christmas Day/Boxing Day/1st January/2nd January since I started, as far as I know no shop in Scotland has ever opened those days. There are now non-confirmed rumours that the regional manager wants shops to open on the 2nd January in line with…
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max age to do a physical job.
I'm 55 and done mostly physical jobs for last 10 years.im slim with some good muscles. , current job is full-time physical with bosses I hate., current workmates are 65 ,slow and lazy and hide a lot. but I feel I get tired now after a shift( sleep is the most important thing in my life,sad eh?)( I'm no fun).,( I've noticed…
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Change in Employment (secondment)
Hi, I recently started (in the last month) a new role within the same company that I work for, as a secondment opportunity. This will last 6 months, working the same hours but the pay is slightly better. Do I need to notify Universal credit of the change on my journal or as a change in my circumstances? Many thanks for any…
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wages
Hi, need some advise please, have been in employment with the same employer for the last 6 years, have never signed a contract but was based upon a zero contract, where if there was work it was offered, we were paid the last friday of every month, and have been for the last 6 years, however i recently decided to change my…
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Does this sound realistic or dodgy?
Years ago when I was just starting out I had a colleague doing the same job as me on a similar salary. The wage was poor and I remember one lunchtime he pointed out something that needed repairing on his car but he couldn't afford to repair it. One day he had enough and quit. He told me he wanted to be an entrepreneur and…
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Teacher pay rise not been paid
I'm a teacher. As you're probably aware, teachers were granted a pay rise after lots of strike action. It was due to be paid starting autumn 2023. Usually, there's a couple months of delay before we receive them and we get a backdated increase in October or November. Having checked the payslips today, my colleagues and I…
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No referees
I'm nearly 59 and I've not been employed for over 20 years. The last job I had was a cleaning job, which I left to have a baby. Since then I've been doing a bit of self-employment which hardly makes any money, and last year I was really unwell and couldn't even do that. So I thought it might be an idea to get a cleaning…
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Issues to be aware of when going PAYE while already being self employed?
Are there any tax surprises that I need to be aware of ... I have run my own small gardening business (sole trader/no VAT) for 3 years and complete my self assessment annually online paying my tax and NI. I have been offered a 9 month contract carrying out a project for a private school (2 days per week) so will be…
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Late career start in law - how convince firms I'm a good paralegal hire?
Hi there, I'm in my mid-30s and looking for work as a paralegal, but have no prior experience in law nor a particularly strong CV, or a proper career for that matter. After university (BSc in business admin) (just about 2:1) I worked for a few years in business admin, then started a business, had to close said business and…
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NHS HCAS and moving work base
Hi all, my partner's NHS trust have moved her work base in her contract, such that she does not get the fringe/inner/out HCAS or London weighting. She an AfC member of staff. So basically she started a new job and the people before her in the same role were entitled to HCAS, but for my partner's contract, they made her…
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Do employers have a duty of confidentiality to employees?
Do employers have a duty of confidentiality to employees? I was dismissed a while back. I thought the reasons were unfair and I put
in a claim for unfair dismissal. Before my claim got to the Tribunal, my ex-employers
offered to settle. I agreed, but that
meant I had to sign a 15-page Settlement Agreement, agreeing my…
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Choosing a university petition
I have always thought that one advantage of student loans is that the Government know how much people earn after studying and if eighteen years old knew this they could make better choices about what to do. What do people think about this as a petition on the Government petitions website? Personally I would have studied…
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Part time workers rights
My organisation is currently going through a restructure and I am potentially at-risk of redundancy. I am a part time member of staff. I asked a question yesterday during a formal consultation session as to whether part time staff would be able to retain their part time hours if they were successful at interview or slotted…
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Employed or self employed
Hi i have been working for the same person for 5 years now. I have been told by people that I should be PAYE but not sure what the differences are. Any advice would be appreciated. I am a landscaper/gardener I only worked for same person he tells me on a weekly/daily bases where to work and what to do. i wear his branded…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should I pay my colleague for the ticket I thought she'd given me for for free?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... On a recent work trip, I was asked if I wanted to join an excursion some of the colleagues I was there with were going on. It cost £100 and, as I didn't feel I'd enjoy it enough, I declined. Then my colleague who organised the trip couldn't make it, and as the ticket was…
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Government paid notice period
So the company I worked for 10 years went into liquidation at the end of October. Both our redundancy and our notice period will be paid by the government. We have been told by the liquidator that if we start a job juring this period we will lose the remainder of the notice period payment . However what he can not answer…
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Possible self-employment.
Good morning all. If someone has been given the opportunity to continue in their job but as a self-employed person, what aspects should be considered? Things like tax, NI, and poss the mortgage lender? Is there anything else to consider? I've tried DuckDucking but there are so many websites out there and I really don't…
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Being fired
Being fired next Wednesday from job of 17 years due to son growing weed in my garden (I’m civil service). I’ve always been ‘the guy’, help anyone, do random shifts, come in early, work Christmas Day and am very good at my job. I’m going to have to sell my house now as I’ve had a few interviews for other work but as I’m 8…
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NHS Trac DBS Check Help
Hi there need some help whats dose it mean on trac when DBS says under review just wondering because one off my other collgues waited 5 weeks for dbs check turns out recruitment team did not respond to DBS email and hers say under reiew.
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NHS new starter - negotiating salary
I've applied for a non clinical role (band 7) within the NHS, and if successful would be moving from a CS post (SEO). The starting salary of the post I've applied for is a bit lower than my current salary, isn't a problem but just wondered if there was any room for negotiation? I am assuming marked time would not be a…
