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Switching to Part time Work to finish ACCA studies
Hi All After taking around a 2-year break and after a change in work circumstances due to company relocation, I am hoping to restart my studies. I have all my experience signed off and only need to complete the 7 remaining exams. Due to saving a lot of money during the various lockdowns, I was thinking of working part-time…
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Yodel
Does or has anyone ever worked as a self employed courier for yodel recently? If so, did you get parcels dropped to your house before you went delivering if you lived far from depot and also, when were you first paid? Is it weekly or monthly etc? Any information would be appreciated. Ps I am aware about the negative sides…
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Need advice
Hi, I’m really sorry I’ve tried ACAS and did not find them helpful having to remind them I do not have 2 years rights and that I *have* returned to work. I don’t know if my current Manager know what he is doing, he told me during back to work interview, the company were still considering taking formal action against me for…
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Temporary jobs
Is there such a thing as a short term temporary/part time job which I can quit easily to support my income whilst vetting is being processed for a permanent job? I have no idea how long it will take - I’ve just been told anywhere from 2-6 months. If so, what kind of work do I need to look for and where?
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Carer - training times
Hi, my wife works as a carer at a local nursing home and does 3 x 12 hour night shifts 8 till 8, she's been there almost 2 years now and the 3 shifts can be any days of the week, however management keep putting her down for training a few hours after her shift has finished when she should be sleeping or early in the…
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sole trader/self-employed/small business?
Sorry if this is not the right thread, but there did not seem to be anything obvious on the forum. After spending over an hour waiting to speak to someone from HMRC, I ended up more confused than before. I'm trying to find out the difference between Sole Trader/Self-employed and Small Business. The HMRC lady got very…
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Clocking in messed up wages
Hi, basically I discovered at the beginning of March that fir the last 18 months the clocking in/out machine had been taking off and extra 45mins when I leave for lunch. We get half hour, but this is as well as the half hour. I pointed this out, they came back with a figure. I’d requested the time sheets and said I was…
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Independent Mortgage Advisor
I am hoping there is some mortgage advisors on here who maybe able to help. Here is a bit about me, I have lived in the UK my whole life but moved to Spain in 2020. Since becoming a resident here it has made UK property investing a bit more difficult when it comes to mortgages, having tried 4-5 brokers including some who…
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Question about pay from my job. advice needed please.
hello well its a bit of a long sotry but i will keep it short. im a team leader at a factory i have been there about 14 years, my pay has always been rubbish but when minimum wage goes up each year mine never goes up the same amount so each year my staff catch me up in (hourly rate) for example last year minimum wage went…
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Glassdoor salaries
When people put their base salary into glassdoor, do they include any travel/car/lunch allowances etc into it? i note glassdoor doesn’t have an option to put any additional allowances in to base pay, other than bonuses and commission.
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Saying where else you are interviewing?
Hi, What does any one think about revealing where else you are applying? It came up in an interview I had earlier today and now I'm doing the whole debating if I should have said. I'm really taken with becoming a part time GP receptionist (appreciate it is a very hard job right now but a place that has incoming calls and…
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Whats the worst that can happen?
There's more to this, but in very basic terms I've recently been denied a pay review despite a good appraisal (it's an annual thing this time of year). My manager was away at the time so I had this feedback from my managers manager, and the reason given was because of a grievance that nearly made me quit earlier in the…
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Self-employed, need accountancy advice
Hi MSE forum! My partner has just gone self-employed and wants to know your experiences with accountants. Is it worth it? What's a rough estimate of how much he should be paying monthly for someone to do his accounts/tax returns? Is it worth trying a self-employed tax app first (e.g. Coconut?). Any advice much appreciated.
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Help - New Contract question.
Hi Not sure if anyone can help. My OH half has just come out of a meeting at work where they are restructuring the company and many people are being made redundant. It seems that they are only keeping a few members of staff and expecting them to cover the work - eg my OH is currently in a team of 4 and he is the only one…
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Accrued Lieu Days
This is my first post, so please be kind. I have been on a 5 day a week contract and have accrued 17 lieu days (service days and bank holidays) which pays 100%. I have now moved to a 2 day a week contract which pays only 40%. I have been told that the 17 days accrued whilst on my 5 day week contract will now be paid at 40%…
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Being asked to use personal email to sign up to external companies software
We are currently being asked to use our personal email account to sign up to an external companies software. The software is from what I can make out truck telematics. The first we as employees heard of this was after work on Friday when an email dropped into our personal accounts (we don't have company emails) from the…
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Probationary period acknowledgement
Hello all, I am due to complete 3 months probationary period in the next few days and was wondering if an employer has to confirm that you've passed your probationary period in writing or if its just a given that you've passed if you work beyond the 3 months with nothing said by both parties. I've looked at my contract and…
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Asking for a pay rise?
Hey all, Hope you are well having a good weekend 😊 So this is first for me in terms of asking for a pay rise, previous roles have usually had an annual rise etc, where as my current place doesn't. I'm currently a supervisor and looking to be promoted hopefully within the next year or two of work continues as it is, ive…
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Terms changed after verbally agreeing
Hi all, I’ve been accepted for a promotion at work and during my interview was told the salary, roll on 2 weeks later and my director has pulled me in for a meeting to say they’ve made a mistake and my new salary will be lower than what I accepted it at. The new lower salary doesn’t appeal to me to take on the extra…
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Health part on application form
Hi, I could really use some opinions on an application form asking to be sent before interview. I have had a telephone interview to get the interview invite at which I brought up that I have had surgery/going through out patients. A *Do you consider yourself to have a disability or heath condition? Options: Yes No Prefer…
