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Sidewards move, can I negotiate a salary increase?
Hi, I've been in my current role for 6+ years, got 11yrs experience in my field. I wish to apply to a new job, which would mean a sidewards step for me. Do I have scope to negotiate my salary? We are due an update on the normal salary review/inflation increase in 2 weeks time. This job closes 13/01 and interviews end of…
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Unpaid over time over Christmas
Hi my wife has a decient job, quite well paid, been there for 4 years. Her office closes from 23/12-3/1 yet she is expected to keep on top of things working from home. This massivley frustrates me. It is New Years day and she will have done about 4 hours today, probably 15-18 hours over the period. She says she has to do…
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How do Civil Service Employment Checks Work?
Me and a colleague at work have applying for other jobs in case the company we work for goes out in the current recession. We both applied for the same civil service role but he was told they would not continue his application after an employment check and they are just starting my employment check apparently. Does anybody…
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How to get an Amazon Warehouse job?
Amazon are building a large fulfilment centre in a town near me and I would like to get a job in there - picker/packer etc, one of the busy,'simple', ones. I would only like to work 2-3 days a week so would be part-time. I have watched a number of videos, both Amazon and ones made by workers and it seems like an ideal job…
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Experimenting with work and maintaining health
Hello, I am a disabled veteran with multiple chronic conditions mentally and physically. I have not worked for over a decade. I have been assessed by DWP and put in the Support group and I have been told that I will not be reassessed as whilst I have a very active mind and I am intelligent and able to do quite a bit albeit…
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Commision
Hi I hope someone can help me understand. I started a new job in September as a BDM I have a basic salary of £35k pa and am entitled to a non capped commission payment next October for all new contracts I bring into the business. I have never worked on commision before so need a little help understanding. From the work I…
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Early Termination Fee Claim Limit
Hi All, I have just received a letter from my former employer that they audit uncovered unpaid Early Termination Fee for the car I had from them until the end of April. The letter is dated 16 December and they are giving me 30 days to pay the balance in full otherwise they will report amount to HMRC as a taxable benefit in…
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New Job refused time off for my wedding
Hello-I’m really hoping for advice as aIm not sure what to do . I’m self employed but due to the pandemic business has been badly affected so I’ve applied for a part time job and been offered it . The job is within a large company and I’ve been given no details for HR but rather an app from an outsourced company where…
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Leaving long term employment issue with last pay
Hi everyone looking for some advice, I’ve been working for my current employer for nearly 7 years. As always I’ve been promised the world and promotion for past 3 years. About a year ago they promoted one of my colleagues and I’ve told myself that it was due to him starting working for this company 6 months before I did so…
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Xmas holidays and Statutory Sick Pay
Currently I am on Statutory Sick Pay, and my employer shuts down for 10 days or so over Xmas, so everybody has to take some of their holiday entitlement over xmas. Does this mean I will lose my holiday entitlement or what? Will I only get sick pay?, will I get my holiday entitlement to take at another time? And what about…
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Leave entitlement during retirement notice period NHS
My leave year runs from beginning of April (NHS). I plan to retire end of July. My annual allowance is 32 days with bank holidays. Am I allowed to use all my annual allowance in the 4 months of my final leave year or just 1/3 of it ? Can't find a clear answer to this, but I expect its the latter ?
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Executive Director job offer on contract basis
I was recently offered a job as first Executive Director of
a small charity. The job was advertised as permanent, initially three days a
week. I have now received an offer letter which says I would be engaged on a contract
for services with the aim of moving onto an employee contract when they have
the “infrastructure” in…
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Difficulty getting to work
I normally drive into work, or close to a town where I can get a single bus for £1.80. In the current conditions, I can't drive and it would be unsafe for me to do especially being in a rural area. Normally I would be fine to tell my employer I can't make it in, however, there is a rural bus that would get me near to my…
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What is a reasonable period of time for agency pay?
I work for an agency and my timesheet didn't get signed off on the last day of term. The agency told me it would be sorted. Well it turns out it hasn't been sorted. I asked if I was still getting paid and the response was we have been trying to contact the employer but there is noone there, there isn't a lot else we can…
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Serious new job anxiety
Hi all, I'm starting my new job tomorrow - a Senior Designer position within the public sector. I will also be line-managing an assistant graphic designer, and this sort of role is a first for me. I've been a nervous wreck all day today. I've been with an University as a middleweight graphic designer for the last 22…
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Duke of Edinburgh Silver award
How useful is this to get a job or into university in future? Thanks in advance.
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Declaration of gifts from parents to teaching staff
Hi, We have been told we need to legally tell our heads/finance of all the gifts we get from parents at Christmas and end of year. Can someone tell me if this is actually a legal requirement as I am going round in circles on the HMRC site, and if they literally want me listing things like one child gave me a hand drawn…
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Working abroad since Brexit - job search
Hello all, I'm hoping to move abroad within the next year, preferably in Europe and I wondered if anyone has any experience of doing so since Brexit and can offer any advice. Firstly, where to look? Are there any specific sites that cater to English speakers looking to work abroad? Any sites which feature jobs which offer…
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Personal laptops
I’m a remote worker and use my personal laptop. My work refuses to provide me with a laptop. We don’t connect to a work vpn /server. We take card details over the phone and have access to customers personal details. I know there is things that need to be done regarding data protection and gdpr, is it my responsibility or…
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Job offer
Evening all, Here needing some opinions regarding recruitment etc. My niece was offered a local job on Monday. By all accounts it was a bad interview but because of her vast experience as a support worker and despite jitters on the day they offered her the job but the interviewer did say they expected more from her with…