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TOTUM PRO discount
Husband has been accepted for high level membership of an institute and is waiting for the paperwork. As the institute is an accredited training provider, all full members can apply for a TOTUM PRO card. I have had Amazon Prime membership for some years so he doesn't need Amazon Prime membership. Are there any other good…
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Buying Unpaid Leave
What is your opinion on buying extra holidays back as unpaid leave? My company encourages us to take 5-10 days per year. The cost is spread throughout the year. My basic salary is £28k but expected to be around £35k with both mandatory and voluntary overtime. For me personally I feel Advantages: Reduces tax, NI and student…
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Umbrella Company Not Remitting My Wages -15 Weeks Owed
My stomach hurts and I feel sick! I started a locum assignment in October, to be paid weekly via an Umbrella company. The umbrella company has not paid me at all. The recruiter and the Umbrella both send texts weekly saying they've sent the money to my account but as I've used them several times in the past, I generally…
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Team manager or project manager training?
I'm not working currently. But I have 15 odd years experience working in admin/customer contact roles. I've never really moved up. Since I'm not working. Is there anything I can do to learn some basic skills as in using excel etc which I can use in the future to progress into a TL , supervisor or project manager roles?
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What would you do in my situation?
Hello, I am very lucky to have two job offers and I wondered what others on this thread might do in my situation? The first offer is for a job that is really well paid and prestigious. It will also - almost certainly - be highly stressful, with a political workplace and very long hours. It will, however, put me in a very…
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Remote work
Hi there, I found out about Jet2 travel advisor role from this forum, and wondering if any of you here know of any other companies hiring for remote/work from home positions these days? Thank you :)
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Jury Service - Self Employed
A friend's husband has been called for jury service. He is self-employed and earns considerably more than the £64.95 per day that he can claim for loss of earnings, which will leave him and his family in a difficult situation - particularly as the work he does is project-based and an absence of a week or two (or more) will…
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Overpaid wages
Hi everyone hoping someone can help with this. I restarted work after maternity leave in June last year. Once I’d received my first pay I thought it looked too much so contacted HR and told them I thought they’d overpaid me and reminded them that I had gone from working 10 hours per week before maternity leave down to 6…
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When does a bonus become part of the contract?
Hi 😊 A year and a half ago the company my partner works for introduced a £2 an hour bonus to get people to come work for them. There isn't anything they have to do for it it's just added onto their wages. Today they've decided to take it away in 2 weeks time. 1) is this enough notice of such changes? 2) is there any time…
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Train Driver Jobs - very exact age requirement
Avanti West Coast are recruiting for drivers - https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/about-us/careers/train-driver-recruitment Stage 1 of the application process states: "The two main requirements for the role are that applicants are 20 ½ years old at the point of applying and they live within 1 hour of a depot." This is a…
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work team day - reasonable?
Management planned a half day team day out of the office, it involves an activity and uptional going for food before or after the activity, and travel to the venue - there is light pressure to take part however emplyoees are expected to pay for it all themselves. I don’t want to but answering questions as to why not is…
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Have I lied on my CV?
I've been working freelance for the past few years. However, two of those roles were technically permanent roles that only lasted for six months. I've put it in my most recent experience section that says 'freelance' but not put freelance in the bullet point with the two employers and the time in the main text. Do you…
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Security watchdog dilemma
Hi guys, I got excepted for a job and have been asked to go through pre-screening with Security Watchdog. I've been working freelance for the last three years but I did work in a permanent role twice for six months each but didn't pass probation. On my CV, I've put this down as part of my freelance experience. Do you think…
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Top paying UK jobs 2022
Anyone know where top paying UK jobs for 2022 list can be found. Would glassdoor be accurate? https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/blog/highest-paying-jobs-uk/
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Annual leave confusion
I'm employed full time, 37.5 hours a week equivalent. I work 12 hour (11.25 hours paid) shifts on a five week repeating rota. Within these five weeks, I work 14 shifts and have 4 days of annual leave planned in. These 4 days of annual leave "cost" me 7.5 hours of annual leave per day, rather than 11.25. I'm due to return…
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DWP Job Interview blame game!
I recently had a DWP video Interview booked for MS Teams which i attended on my PC, Unfortunately the Interview people failed to join the meeting and later sent me a voicemail message claiming technical issues had prevented the Interview and that they are very sorry. I tried contacting them by email without success and the…
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What work could I do? Inner London mid 40s long term unemployed
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fit notes
hi can some one give me advice i am currently out of work now due to health reasons my doctor has signed me off from work and now the job centre have told me i am fit for work and says i have to look for work now and they have also put me on a restart programme which i think is unacceptable as i have been like this for 2…
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Had enough of current job
Ok so I’m in retail and we had a TUPE it’s more work for the same money and it’s not a nice place to work anymore I need a change I’m struggling to find cleaning jobs local enough to me with the right hours(but would be an ideal move as I do lots of cleaning at this place too and my last job was cleaning) Also I looked…
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IPSA United Nations Contract
Anybody know how payments and tax are accounted for one of these? Thanks in advance
