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Tax / bonus help
I have been offered a new role, £40k plus £5K car, with potential bonus each month up to £3k, though sometimes £0k if targets are not achieved. As I have to work 6 months notice o would not start the role until April so handy for working out tax year. My question is how would tax be worked out each month? What would happen…
Do You Have A Flex Fund At Work?
Nutshell , your basic salary and they also provide you with a flex fund on top of that. Do you draw out the flex fund as cash? Do you use it for your benefits? What benefits do you have?
New company with old colleagues?
Hey everyone. So, I've been offered management role with a large, well established company, it would be a decent step up in wages, company vehicle and I would have about 20 employees under near me in my section... A good 9 or 10 of these would be former colleagues. I left a former company about 6 years ago, not under great…
Part time working removal of car allowance
I’ve worked full time for a large Company for over 20 years but recently applied to reduce my hours and go part time. As part of my current contract of employment I’m given a monthly car allowance but by moving to part time the Co. Wants to remove this and is refusing to consider paying this pro-rata. Can they do this if…
Dipping toe into self-employed
I'm currently working full time in the Public Sector. My skill set is project management/Executive Assistant and sorting out chaos! I'm thinking about becoming a Virtual Assistant but cant afford to give up my full time job due to debts. So I was wondering if anyone could offer some advice on how I go about doing my full…
Paying tax on PhD studentship whilst working
Hello, I have been offered a funded part-time PhD, which comes with a tax-free stipend, I currently work full time. I am planning to formally reduce my contracted days to 4 a week, and will go down to 0.8 FTE on my salary. Will I need to pay any additional tax on my salary by receiving the tax-free stipend? My 0.8 FTE will…
Transitioning to Financial Planning
Hi, I have been working in the Financial services industry for 6 years after University, predominately in mortgages. I started as a Business development consultant at a high street bank and then promoted to a Telephone Business Development Manager, I stayed at the bank for 4 years. For the past 2 years I have worked as a…
Next Steps As An AGILE BA?
I have a lot of questions with regards to becoming an AGILE BA. I will be working on an EPIC very soon. However, in the meantime, the product owner has assigned me a number of user stories to work on. These are within the 'TO DO' column on KANBAN board. What do I do when they are in the TO DO column? After I have completed…
Job at hospital
Hi All, This is my very first thread on here. Anyway, I haven't worked in a while. I have job interview at a hospital for a Phlebotomist which is drawing blood from patients. I have pretty much a tattoo sleeve on one of my arms. I would just like to know if anyone has any knowledge will I be allowed to wear a long sleeve…
Secondment holiday pay
Hi all I've been covering for another department at work for just over two years. They've yet to offer me a full time contract. I'm getting paid at a higher rate for this work. However all annual leave is being paid at a lower hourly rate for the job I'm contracted to do despite the fact I've not worked for that rate for…
Have you had a pay increase this year?
I have heard that the median pay has increased by 7.8% from the same time last year. What payrise - if any- have you had, as I don't know anyone who has had that much of an increase? I had 4% in January 2023. I'm referring to company wide pay increases, rather than individual increases.
A few legal questions re employment law/tribunals etc
I'm after some (ideally facts) but opinions, interpretations and comment welcome, and there will probably be a few more to add in due course. I've been reading about the implied term of trust and confidence with regards to the relationship between employee and employer. Most case studies I have found relating to this being…
Self employment?
Hi, looking for a little bit of easy to understand help please. For 8 years 'ish' I have been renting out a property and doing a self assessment tax form to declare the rent. I am now just a couple of years from retirement and am short on my NI contributions. I have discovered I can become self employed and pay class 2…
Company car vs Car allowance?
Hey all, Hoping some people may be able to give me some guidance on this as to what may be better in the long run. I currently have a company vehicle which comes with personal use (currently have to pay fuel on any personal miles used...but it's at a cheaper rate than pump prices per tank) I may be starting a new role…
Self Employed Vehicle Collection And Delivery Driver
Anyone worked for BCA as a self employed vehicle collection and delivery driver? Not very good reviews online but hoping someone on here can give me a heads up. Cheers.
Temporary agency does not want to pay for bank holiday
Hi there, my temporary agency wants me to book holiday to get paid for the bank holiday, can a temporary agency not pay for bank holiday? I do not have any written contact with them and I have been with them for more then 1 month.
Working For NHS Help
On the job advert says salory £18,870 - £19,918 pro rata working 16.25 hours a week but thats 744 pounds a month thats below 9k a year so dont understand why it showing the £18,870 - £19,918 thing. Is this including the 100 hours AL i can take
Flexible work form request on a variable-hours contract
A little bit of background first: I am a swimming teacher working as a part-time employee at a health club and have been for 7 years. I do not have in my contract a specified minimum number of hours of work and my working hours are defined as follows: During term time my hours on Monday - Friday, and Sunday, can be seen as…
Had my probation extended, I'm at the end of my tether now and thinking of handing my notice in.
So I posted recently about having my probation extended and got some very helpful advice from here. The story is I started just over 6 months ago, started well but the workload has got unbearable, micromanagement is beyond what I thought possible, the atmosphere is terrible and I honestly dread going in day to day (oh I am…
Can HR ask questions about my health ?
HI all Background without revealing personal info - I have been off work for a while and had 3 x OH reports . All recommended the same 'reasonable adjustments. I went back to work to try one of the adjustments but it did not work out so I am now back sick with a GP fit note for one month. HR have booked another OH appt for…

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