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P45 From TUPE Employer - Total Tax Year Earnings Not Showing
Hello Everyone,I was made redundant on September 4th, the date on which my employment transferred over under TUPE. My redundancy payment and PILON was paid on the 15th by this company and I recently received my P45 from them. However, this only shows my PILON earnings and NOT my total tax year earnings from those with my…
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Advice for final OH meeting, ADHD, "reasonable adjustments", tiny office, heating not working
Hello, I have my final OH meeting tomorrow. I'd really appreciate some advice. I was diagnosed with ADHD in May. We moved into a tiny office in August. From what I suspect it's a lot smaller than the 11m3 that the HSE have quoted as the minimum space per employee under Regulation 10 workplace health 1992. However, I intend…
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Engineering A Levels vs Btec
Hi Not sure if this is the right place but... I want to do engineering because maths and physics are my strong points but not sure which type of engineering I would enjoy most at the moment. Question is what would be best way forward 3 A levels or a btec in engineering and what would be best option next a good uni for…
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NMW and have to buy shops own clothes
If you have to wear the shop you work ins own clothes, should your NMW be adjusted for that, and how would that work?
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My ex employer didn't pay me the money for holiday after quiting job
I had few days of holiday unused and my ex employer didn't send me money for unused holidays
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Financial education book recommendations
Hi, can anyone please recommend a good book to learn more about finance. My son has read the MSE education guide a couple of years ago, but now wants to learn more advanced financial concepts (shares, bonds, forex…etc). Thanks!
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Interview for new job
Hi all New here, just after some opinions. I have worked in NHS for 20 years. I’ve been looking to get out of my current dept for a few years now, due to a number of issues. Basically a very toxic environment. I’ve always had a good record, good sick record, never any disciplinaries/competency issues etc. I heard back…
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Underpayment do I have a case?
I work for a big employer. I came back from maternity. Pay ten days late. I had to pay nursery with little cash, as no maternity payments from employer. Two payments in one month. Both amounts under what I should receive. Too much came out for student loan, pension etc. I don't think the first two days of where I returned…
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Access to Work and failing probation
Just after some advice. I started a new job in June and started the Access to Work process straightaway. AtW was granted the end of July for Chair and Computer, Software and training. I had my 3 month probation in September and was given the rating of 'Requires Improvement' I got my chair and footstool last week but am…
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Promotion increase
Hi all, I recently got promoted to a senior role which meant my job responsibilities and hours have changed. I work as a senior receptionist in a GP surgery. As a senior, I now have more admin tasks, have to help the junior receptionist as well as run the surgery when the other senior staff go home-I am the night senior. I…
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Additional Hours
Good Evening, Was speaking to my wife about work as she works as a Lunchtime Supervisor in a School. Apparently she signs in an out of work but only gets her contracted hours each month even though she is expected to attend meetings, training etc outside of her contracted hours. This may only be 30 minutes and only…
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Career ideas - Bilingual English and Polish
Hey everyone, I'm trying, along with my wife, to help her 15 year old nephew think what he might like to do as a career, to help him decide on further education etc. His grades for GCSEs I suspect, based on mocks, will be a collection of 4-6s, hopefully mostly 6s but we shall see. A fairly unique quality is that he's…
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Career change - Estate Agent
I am looking for a career change and am considering trying to become an estate agent. Has/is anyone an estate agent that could give me an honest opinion of the role? I would be particularly interested in sales rather than lettings. I have no sales experience and would be looking into entry level roles. How quickly can you…
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Avon and Somerset emergency call handler tests
Has anyone completed computer tests at Avon and Somerset Police (or other police force) for the job of emergency call handler/call dispatcher? The description I have for the upcoming test is: 3 computer based
assessments testing multiple skills such as spelling, accuracy, multi-tasking
and listening. Any tips would be…
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Career change into finance (mortgage adviser)
Hi all I am looking for some advice! Having been made redundant from a job in television I am looking to change career and have decided I would be interested in being a mortgage adviser (long story how that one checks out!). I have taken careers advice and it has given me a first push but, to anyone currently in the…
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Work Coach Job role…
Wondering what life is like as a work coach? Rewarding? Challenging? Prospects? I’m weighing up a role with the DWP as a job coach and have to decide fairly quick, just wondered if any work coaches or ex work coaches could tell me what life is like and would they recommend the job role? Thanks
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Capability Review for out of hours work.
I have recently been off sick and suffer from stress. Due to a number of ongoing issues I have raised a grievance regarding my treatment at work and workload. I spend all day on the road carrying out assessments on field engineers. When I get home I have to do between 2 and 4 hours work, unpaid, loading the reports and…
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Gas Engineer MLP Training
My partner signed up to do MLP Gas Engineer training course in August 2022 completing this at the end of January 2023. He has paid for this out his savings to the sum of £6500. Despite numerous emails and calls to what seems like every gas company in or around norwich, cover letters and CVs and visits to the bigger gas…
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Data Security Breach Advice
Hello, I am afraid that I have experienced quite a distressing situation at work that I need some advice on. Unfortunately, I sent an email to the wrong person. For example, I sent it to johnsmith1@johnsmith.com instead of johnsmith@johnsmith.com - I sent this email to both addresses, assuming they were one and the same.…
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Prince2 - Foundation and Practitioner, where's the best place to train online? Best cost etc?
Hi! I work in business interiors and fit-out - specifically furniture. As I'm sure you can imagine, March/April 2020 my industry fell apart. I was ultimately made redundant from the brilliant company I worked for in July 2020 having joined the company in November 2019. I managed to find a new job in the same industry…
