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Annual Leave Query
Hi There, I am attempting to calculate the annual leave entitlement for a UK employee based on their "Hours Worked Per Week." The standard calculation is 33.25 hours worked per week x 5.6, resulting in 186.2 hours of leave. This calculation assumes a standard working week of 5 days. However, in this particular scenario,…
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Probation meeting tomorrow, can it be extended?
I started in my role just under six months ago, initially I was happy for the first couple of months but since it has not been enjoyable, the workload is crazy, a bizarre culture of having to put a timeline on literally everything, endless meetings that are more like interrogations but I'll stop going on about why I don't…
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Can my colleague discuss my flexible working contract with my manager?
I have a colleague who is in the process of applying for flexible working on health grounds. Obviously that is their prerogative to advocate for their interests, but they've said to me, that if their request is not accepted they will sight how adjustments had been made for me. If the person believes they are being unfairly…
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Probation Period Notice
Hi All, Kind of irrelevant to money saving! But, I might be handing my notice in at my job soon, I have been there four months. Just hoping for some advice. In my contact, it states you have three months of a probation period (each month you have a review) your probation period could be extended if we feel it needs to be,…
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Business mileage is always less commute miles. Company policy. Help.
Hello, I'm looking for some advice on the legality of the below. I'm aware of HMRC guidance and the 10 mile rule and substantially different journeys. My question is more on is this legal? My wife works for the NHS in the community (travels to patients) and the hospital's policy on business mileage is that in a day your…
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Restart scheme - when does it finish
Hi, I have been on the restart scheme since last year and I am wondering when it is supposed to be finishing as I am days away from the 365 days maximum calendar days and restart have made no mention of me finishing soon. I received my letter refering me to restart which mentioned the 3 way call on 17th August 2022, I then…
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Promotion at Work , no new letter or Contract change
I have recently handed in my notice to leave my current company. I plan to move to a competitor but my employer is stating i have a non compete clause in my contract. Since being at the company, i have had a promotion with salary increase and responsibilities. At no time did i receive an offer letter, or a document of the…
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New job how many days AL till end of year
I am due to start a new job this month (August). My AL from my new employer is as follows, I receive 22 days plus public hols and in addition my birthday off (no idea how they implement that, but this year my birthday does fall on a weekday). The holiday year runs Jan-Dec. I am required to save 5 days due to a Christmas…
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Will I have to repay and is their a legal requirement
I was feeling very ill today and with a bad headache so I stayed in bed all day I did very early tell my line manager I don't be able to make it Unfortunately they said I had to go on a first aid course which is paid for What happens next?
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Employment rights
I don't know where to begin to be honest, the Ltd company myself and another colleague work for has no directors as the most recent one resigned. Which in uncertain terms is a no no on the same day this director paid our wages up to that working day, but we didn't receive any letter of notice so continued to work under…
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Annual leave query
Good morning all…. I have a query, my wife recently asked her employer for time off (1 day) . This was asked for in plenty of time and was eventually refused…..it has since transpired that another member of staff asked for the same period of time off AFTER my wife had asked and been refused and they were granted it! There…
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Employer requesting phone call to ask questions related to DBS
Hi there, I had an interview for a role in the kitchen of a care home at the end of May and was offered the role. Communication from the company was very poor and I also had another job offer so I went for the other job instead. I subsequently saw the role advertised again (and it still is being advertised). However, at…
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How worried should we be about AI?
I am a caseworker for the government and I am scared about AI. It has already replaced copywriters https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65906521.amp
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Paid annual leave without taking any?
Good morning all, My partner works for a wedding venue local to us. Quick breakdown, she works part-time and between 16-20 hours per week. I have checked HMRC's annual leave calculator and she's entitled to roughly 100 hours per year. This month, in her pay was 2 hours of annual leave, her pay is monthly and is always a…
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Civil Service pay rises
So because the Civil service are technically not public sector workers our pay increase remit per department is 4.5% and an extra 0.5% for the lowest paid. Now my understanding is the strike action was collective strike action so all departments get the same pay. So my question is 2 fold; 1) Why are individual departments…
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Non-perk "perks"
As usual job agencies send me roles every now and then and sometimes I have a look, most the time I just reply thanks but no thanks etc. Had a look at one that was sent yesterday and listed under "Employee Benefits" was: * Fully trained first aiders (on site only) Now that's a legal requirement and so really think they are…
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How does a birthday holiday work?
I've been offered a job to start next month which isn't overly generous with AL and also has the double whammy of a long Christmas shutdown which you have to save your AL for. This means for this year I won't have a great deal of AL to use once I start there for things I'd like to do towards the end of the year. My new…
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Sliding Doors moment ruined my life
In 2006 I applied for what I considered to be the perfect graduate scheme for me. It closely aligned with my skills and interests paying £25k a year going up to £40k once the graduate training period was over. No other jobs looked any near as good but I ended up compromising by taking jobs I didn't really want because they…
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Reporting an Umbrella Company
I've been stung by the HMRC. My tax code has changed and I've been told I owe over 3k. I spoke to the HMRC and have been told the umbrella company I was with submitted some of the payslips I had 10 times, basically duplicated the payslips. I was wondering what's my best course of action?
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Payment issues with employment agency. please help!
I hope the fellow members of this forum can help me out here as I am really stressed out with my situation and any advice will be really appreciated. I work as a contractor for a Retailer through an umbrella company. My employer uses an agency (lets call them A ) that deals with all actions like HR, timesheets and salary…
