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PIP or not PIP?
My best friend was told he was going to be placed on a PIP by HR and his line manager due to a poor sales (all previous years he's exceeded targets). His line manager has told him what his PIP end date is His line manager wants him to write his own PIP objectives (my friend had been stressing about this but finally pushed…
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Settlement Advice
Hoping someone can help! One of my friends is going through an issue at work at the moment. The relationship between her and her manager has broken down and it is creating an uncomfortable atmosphere (similar to Phil and Holly!). They have had discussions and it doesn't appear to have any chance of being resolved. As a…
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Employer ends employment advice.
My wife has worked part time for a Cleaning company for about 3 years and need some advice as they have ended her employment and would like some advice on where my wife stands now with they have done. A couple of months ago my wife was working 3 hours a week cleaning and the company who she worked for had a contract with…
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Possible PIP coming my way
Hi all, Today my director called me over to his desk to review a spreadsheet I had sent a colleague earlier in the week. During my time at his desk, I saw an email pop up from my manager which had my name on it - followed by Performance Improvement Plan. I pretended I hadn't seen it and said nothing and carried on as…
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Disallowed Training Due to Expected Child
Is it right I should be disallowed training in part, due to expecting a child? Are the laws that protect this applicable for both the mother (maternity) and the father (paternity)?
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Moral Dilemma - A/L or GP Sick note - what would you do ??
Hi, just a quick question on what you would do. I work part time at weekends. Long story short - have been off for the last two weekends and due to my health issue I could not collect my sick line from GP so I called in work this yesterday and said I would be back but if they didn't need me then could I have a/l, which was…
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Good package but pension issues
Looking for some advice. An offer for a role has been made where the base salary is £93000 + £1200 general allowance and a £6000 car allowance. There is bonus too which is 18%. However, my challenge is as that takes me over the 100k threshold I will need to do salary sacrifice of both base salary and some part of bonus…
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Suspended with Pay for gross misconduct.
Was called into the office on 17th April for alleged gross misconduct, my employer then went on to say they are conducting an investigation and I should go with with pay with immediate affect, but they still haven't told me what I'm getting investigated for? is this correct? Many thanks I'm at my wits end.
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Self employed and work 1 day and they want 6 months notice!
Hello I am a self employed health professional and in Nov 2022 took on a 1 day sometimes 1.5 day in a clinic used by multiple practitioners. On the contract I queried that he had asked for 6 months notice and thought this was unusual but signed it under question which he stated it was ‘for continuation ogpf practice and…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should I report my colleague for not telling payroll he's been overpaid?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... A few years ago, I moved overseas for work and was given a €750 a month allowance. A few months after I got back I noticed it was still being paid, so I contacted payroll, who thought it had been stopped and asked me to pay back the €3,750 overpayment. Recently I had lunch…
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Employment Tribunal Award
Hello, This is my first post on this forum and I’ll try to keep this short… After four years waiting for a tribunal hearing I can now say I was unfairly dismissed. My notice pay and expenses were withheld from me (around £20,000). A few months before the hearing the respondent (no longer trading) sold all of their…
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My manager gave me a warning for asking for asking for a award!!!.
Sorted now
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Missing Historic Holiday Pay
Hi All, This is a little unusual, a colleague and I worked part-time at a company for approximately 20 years each. I joined in 2000 when I was a student and left around 2020. From the start, we were excluded from holiday pay, when this was queried it was always deferred but a stipulation was made by the company that we…
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DBS enhanced check for NHS
I was interviewed this month and offered the job on the spot, it's working mostly around but not directly with vulnerable adults, any contact I do have with them will always be under supervision for my own safety. Employments checks have all been completed and I'm now only awaiting my enhanced DBS which should take around…
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The effect of a change in employee cut-off date for a salaried role
My employer has recently changed the employee cut-off date for our payroll but our pay date has stayed the same. So instead of the month running from 1st of the month until the last working day of the month (and then also paid on the last working day of the month), it now runs from 1st to 25th of the month to give my…
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Payment contract terminology
I've started a new job today, and the contract states "salaries are paid, in arrears, on XXXX date of the following month." Does this mean I will be paid a month after I have worked, or will I receive the months wages worked till that date, on that date? Both my partner and I read it differently. Thank you for help.
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What are your experiences of working two jobs?
Have you ever worked two jobs at the same time? How did you find it? Do you have any tips for managing it, or any warnings?
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Unable to start work, due to false-positive drug test from prescription medication
TL;DR: Drug screening laboratory cannot complete verification (over 2 months) of a *false positive* result, from an oral fluid test, caused by prescription medication, because, allegedly they did not follow the correct protocol. They should have done an MRO (Medical Review Officer) review, as is legally required, but they…
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Pay back of over payment
Hi I took the full 52 weeks maternity leave. I fully understood the last 13 weeks would be no pay. Unfortunately my manager at the time put the incorrect return date. For 3 months I was overpaid. Each month I informed my employer and the payroll company. Each month I was told it will be corrected. Finally 4 months on the…
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SSP and Employee sick pay
Hi I was unwell and off work in hospital and recovering at home from 30th April 2022 to first week of August 2022. I was paid the first 3 days full sick pay and then SSP after this. After I returned to work I have some days off for residual recovery in Sept, Nov and Dec 2022. At what point would I have these days paid as…
