-
2nd Class History Graduate
I'm currently looking for work. No specifics, but I need money and a modest level of mental challenge. I have experience in telephone customer service, and this seems to be the obvious route for the time-being. However, I am uncomfortably aware that being a graduate of history, I should perhaps be aiming a little higher.…
-
train to be a midwife ??
does anyone know where you go to and how you go about training to be a midwife... who do you contact ? is it your local hospitals etc thanks for any help
-
Wifes employers changing working pattern
My wife works in a Care Home which plan in the near future to bring in a new staffing rota, which could apparently mean working 40+ hours one week and then just 25 or so the next. It could also mean having three days off one week, and then just one day off the next. Her 'Principal Statement of Employment' states: You are…
-
Legality of recording meetings?
I have a question regarding employer/employee meetings being recorded and haven’t found the answer on the wider web so thought I would appeal to the masses of MSE members. The question is; Under what terms can an employer record a meeting with an employee? The situation is that my wife was called in by the HR manager at…
-
HGV Training Funding
Hi, i know this has probily been asked loads of times before but i live in worcester and i am trying to get my class 2 licence but cant afford to do this i have asked the dole to give me a loan but they dont want to know me they keep telling me they wont help to wards these things i have told them it would be cheaper for…
-
dwp crb checks need info !!!
hi was wonderin if anyone new i got a form throught the post the other day to fill out a crb form and send it back to the dwp i was wonderin will i be starting the AO post soon as on the letter it said they need to do this before they employ me .....
-
My son in new job told he is self-employed
Hi, I have been looking at a couple of posts about self employment. My son started work on a building site for a joinery company as a labourer about 4 weeks ago. He was told after about 2 weeks that he would be self-employed. We know very little about SE. He has notified HMRC and has received a form to fill in re NI…
-
BR tax code
I've just started a new very part time job for which my first monthly earnings were £124. This will be about the max per month. My annual taxable earnings are well under the £6035 allowance. Although I gave my employer my P45 from my last job, they have applied tax code BR which I think means I get taxed at a flat rate of…
-
Maternity Issues - recommend legal advice in South East
Hi all, My wife is currently 18 weeks pregnant, which is all very exciting. Unfortunately, she is experiencing some issues with her employer and they are making life very difficult for her. I don't want to go into too much detail on the forum, however it looks like they're hoping she will resign in order to avoid the…
-
Help needed re- college and benefits
hi, my partner and i are currently on jobseekers income based and he is wanting to go to college but we need to know what will happen to benefits etc? we have 2 children aged 6 years and 6 months. I wasnt to sure if we needed to claim income support instead of jsa when he goes to college? any help will be great thankyou
-
Self Employment - help for businesses?
Hi there I couldnt see any threads relating to my concerns, so have made a new one. Im 28, and have been running my own business for the past 2 years. I havnt been great at costing right, and putting aside for tax returns. Ive found it a real struggle running mosaic education business, and dont know what my options are. My…
-
Hours of Work
My husband has been working for a pharmacy delivering medication for a year He was employed for 15 hours as it was a new business they didnt know whether he would be very busy and could only work those hours as it was permitted work whilst getting incapacity benefit . He however during this time has worked loads of…
-
Union Rep's Not Supporting Me
How do I tell my union rep I feel he's been compromised and do not wish him to represent me?
-
Working Tax Credit
Im going onto working tax credit soon as i am starting a part time job in the NHS for 20 hrs per wk starting nxt wk ,im single have 1 child aged 11. Will i be better off i wanted to ask i was on income support,i have no choice in going back to work as my daughter is nearly 12.
-
CRB Check
Hello Folks ( I've searched the forums and can't find an answer) My friend has a problem. His place of work is finally getting round to completing CRB checks and he is one of the last people. He can't satisfy the ID requirements i.e. no birth certificate and hence no passport or driving licence. What can he do? (The search…
-
Sending Out Your Cv?
Whats the chances of getting anywhere by just sending around your CV to potential employers even if there are no vacancies advertised? I desperatly want out of my current job, so much so I am on the virge of walking out, stupid idea I know but I am fed up being depressed in there.
-
TAX IN NEW JOBHi
im starting a new job in the NHS monday i wanted to know if i will be getting taxed each mth im working 20 hrs per wk and earning £131.00 a wk can any tell me if i will get taxed ?
-
can i be made redundant or sacked while on maternity leave
just wandered if my employer can make me redundant or sack me while i am on maternity leave ?? i am due to go back in september but i bumped into someone from owrk the other day and they asked if i was going back as my employer had taken my name of the rota last week, which i thought strange, it as been there since i…
-
Stress (due to working situation)
Due to a horrible and mentally exhausting situation at work, I now feel I am unable to go back to work, certainly in the near future but wonder what should I say when I phone in sick? DO I just have to say the stress is making me ill, or do I have to give a blow-by-blow account of how its making me feel - sick, sleepless,…
-
Help with business answer phone..
I am looking to get an answer phone type facility for my work phone. Where we are so busy at my work place the phone doesn't always get answered and instead of the customer just hearing a ringing i would like some kind of facility that when we don't answer the phone after a certain amount of time I would like some kind of…