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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…
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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?
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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…
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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…
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Pregnancy, risk of redundancy, potential new job
We have been through a lot of rounds of IVF over the last few years which costed most of our savings. Lo and behold, I have found out I am finally pregnant - with twins. The IT company I have been working for 1 year and 4 months has been acquired by an investor and is being merged with a competitor. My boss has resigned as…
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Chatty colleagues
I was wondering if anyone has had a similar situation and how you cope. I need some insight into this. It's been less than a year I started a new job which I really like. The company is nice. The office is nice. And the people are nice. My problem is that omg my colleagues are very very chatty including both the manager…
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Settlement Agreement / Severance Payment
Whilst I wait for an official formal offer. Is there anything I should be looking for or expecting? I’ve been in my role for 15 + years, Initial conversation included or mentioned : - 3 months notice period payment taxed - outstanding leave payment - 1 month salary untaxed payment - standard reference not mentioning terms…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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
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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…
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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…
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Contractor role for USA company
Hi, I've been approached by a small company in the USA for a full-time, wholly remote role. Under the details of the role they list bank holidays off, vacations, sick pay (in accordance with laws), healthcare etc. I asked if it was an employed role and they said it's a contractor position. From what I gather I'd be…
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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.
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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…
