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Employer withdraw conditional job offer
Hello guys , please I need your advice on this as I don’t know how to fight this. I trained as a General Nurse however decided to work in a mental health settings. I have worked both in inpatient and community settings. I currently have 2 years post qualification experience and I am currently at Band 6. I am a very fast…
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Pay rise
Hi I work for a gp and we have had an email to say we are getting a pay rise of on average 2.1% so when getting my letter to advise of my new hourly wage it's worked out as 1.9% so I have currently arranged a meeting to discuss but when talking to other members of staff it seems other have been on different hourly rates so…
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Functional Skills Tutor…
Can you explain your day to day?
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Threatened and abused by colleague
I received a voicemail from a colleague (well actually they are self employed but have worked in the same role for this employer for years and years) where they threatened violence against me and used abusive language to do with a work matter. I raised a grievance to my director who is good friends with the person in…
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Student load overpayments due to defined contribution pension scheme
I was browsing the Student loans guide on the main site. Under section 3 "How do students loan repayments affect my pension contributions." the guide states: However, some defined benefit schemes take the pension payment pre-tax, but after national insurance. In which case, you'll have slightly higher student loan…
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My employer is paying people doing the same job as me more money
Hi, I work in a company that has multiple branches, and every branch has the same exact roles doing the same exact responsibilities. In my city, there's 5 branches, so although they are in different parts of the city, there's no real difference in terms of overall location. One of the branches is struggling for…
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National living wage question
Apologies if this is posted in the wrong place. After the announcement yesterday. Will those who work in the nhs (gp practice) receive this please? Not sure if I’m reading this correctly or not but I’ve read it as only certain companies? thank you in advance
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What do you do when an employer doesn’t provide a disciplinary action and keeps you suspended
What do you do when an employer doesn’t provide a disciplinary action and keeps you suspended
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Flexible working/day off
I've worked for my current employer for 20 years in August. Its a family run window blind firm with approx 15 staff 4 fitters on the road and the rest on the shop/workshop. Mostly full time staff wirh a couple of part time we all work alternate Saturdays. The week we work Saturdays we are off 1 day during the week when I…
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Compulsory Strike-Off First Notice
Hi, Somewhere I worked until recently are now almost 3 years late with filing their business accounts and there has been a compulsory strike-off notice published in the Gazette. The owner is someone I’ve known many years and I have asked if I can do anything to help but maybe they’re embarrassed or have their head in the…
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work - what to do next
At the age of 51 I now find myself out of work and at a loss on what to do next. Mortgage free, no dependents and the recent interest rate rises have given me the chance to scape by on my savings. Ideally I'd like to 'top up' by earning 12.5k in as short a timeframe as possible then kickback and relax. Anyone else been in…
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Monthly salary
I broke down my new salary where I’m contracted to 40 hours a week by multiplying 40(h) by 52(w) and dividing by 12 which comes to 173 hours a month. This amount is right for the money I get before tax. But what happens in a 5 week month where I work 215 hours, shouldn’t all hours over the 173 be paid as overtime? I ask as…
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Work Duties rules....
So I don't even know if this is a thing that Employers can get in trouble for as I am sure most push their luck. Anyway, I work for an independent opticians as an receptionist/assistant. But ever since I've started (few years ago) he will ask me and other members of staff to do various PA duties. Which will include sorting…
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Covering Business Expenses
Hello, Set up as a sole trader recently. I transferred funds into my business account from my personal account to cover some advertising costs due to waiting for some funds to clear into the business account. Once clear am I able to transfer back what I put in without it being considered salary?
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Do I pay tax for 22/23 if I've not earned over threshold?
I started in Dec(self employed) but up to April(the end of tax year) I didn't earn over the minimum allowance or around £12750. Did I therefore have to file a tax return for the year 22/23.
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Could I claim benefits such as the "New Style Jobseeker's Allowance while being on a Career Break?
I would like some up to date information on the following issue: In November 2022, I took a one year career break from my job. I did this to move abroad and travel. While being abroad, I was trying to build the early stages of an online business. This month, I had to prematurely return to the UK. (I am a UK citizen). So, I…
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Working for client afterwards
I have been approached a for a role in a company that provides services to a number of clients. This company are very keen to get me on board. The company have said any clients that work with the company have a clause in that if they were to try and employ me in future, it would mean they would have to pay the company 12…
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Finding a job at 60 ?
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Do you worry about getting sacked
Do you worry about being sacked? I mean I live pay check to pay check, if I lost my job I would become homeless.
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Maternity Leave and Secondment Cover
I have currently just returned to full time hours from maternity leave, I have been back part time from March 2023. My secondment was still in role while I was doing half hours however I have returned this week and I have found out through an email to my department (no direct conversation with me) that her secondment is…
