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Employment & Jobseeking USEFUL LINKS
The following links may prove useful in looking for information about Employment and Jobseeking. [MSE INSERT, 15/02/22: Some of these links are now out of date. You can find an updated list on this page of the thread] MSE Fully Researched Guides Low Income Grant Grabbing House and Energy Grant Grabbing Great Grants Hunt…
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Difficult Interview
I posted recently on here about having my first interview in ten years, having just completed it I can confirm it was difficult. I'm not quite sure how I could have better prepared on this. Both interviewers grilled me for most of the hour, my answers were drilled down into multiple times which is always a red flag. At the…
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Maybe arthritis
Hi, I might be over thinking my current situation but I just need some advice. I currently work as an HCA doing 12 1/2 hour shifts 3 times a week. I’ve previously had a hip replacement on my left side and I have arthritis in my thumbs and wrist. I’ve been referred for X-rays of my feet and right hip and I’ve been signed…
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Employer overpaid me by mistake, now want their money back
Have been working for an employer for nearly 3 years. My working hours reduced just over 2 years ago and all was agreed. They reduced my money but not quite enough and now I have been overpaid over £1700 over 2-3 years. They have recently realised and want their money back and in turn money will be deducted out of my…
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Early Reconcilliation advice
Im helping my youngest with an unfair dismissal case against her boss. She hasnt followed any procedures, but is starting to back track now. She has been there 2.5 years, so were not talking big compensation, but the main point she wants is to get a clause striked off about not working for a competitor etc. Our next step…
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Minimum wage topped up with bonus?
Hi,so a question I have is if I normally get paid minimum wage but earn bonus then does my employer not have to give me an increase in pay? Basically this month my basic pay has not shown any increase because I earned a bonus of x amount which they say takes me to above the new minimum wage so they don’t have to pay me…
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How easy is it to get a office type job with no experience
I'm not going to bore you with everything lol But I'm no longer able to do manual work, warehouse work and driver's mate roles has been my thing, I'm trying to find a job where I don't have to use my voice much as I have problems with talking and loosing my voice, and it's not going to improve anytime soon. Manual work is…
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Salary calculation
Hi, My employer has recently changed our wages from 4 weekly to monthly. The calculation they are using to work out our annual wage is: hourly rate x worked hours x 52 weeks. Does this sound correct. ? Should it not be 52.14 weeks as a full year is 52 weeks and a day ? I've found lots of discussions on forums like this…
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TUPE Holiday Entitlement
Hi, we are currently in the middle of a TUPE consultation. Under my previous contact we were entitled to 28 days holiday plus eight paid bank holiday. The proposed contract states 36 days holiday (including bank holidays) where the only compulsory days are Christmas, Boxing Day and NYD. On the face of it this looks ok, and…
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First Interview in 10 Years
Hi, I have an interview with BT (their business team) and I have not done an interview in ten years. Can anyone provide any tips on the process or company? Thanks in advance.
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Self Employed Payments on Account making me nervous!
Hi, I'm hoping that somebody can help me on here with a query. I've just completed my tax return for 23/24 after what was a really good year of freelance earnings (between 40-60% up from anything I've earned in any previous year) However, my income streams can be very erratic and unpredictable and I am nervous that my…
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Salary overpayment & auto enrolment pension
I’m freelance but work quite often for a company. I was overpaid my salary by 7 days and contacted the company straight away to tell them of their mistake. I worked out how much I believed I should return to them but asked them to double check. There was a discrepancy in the figure, which I queried. They sent me their…
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Dismissed without warning for a mistake
I have just had my employment terminated without notice for "gross misconduct" I made a mistake which cost the company a lot of money, I work for a medium sized company and the small mistake was delivered on a large scale. I have not had any warnings and have not even been spoken to about a small mistake for well over a…
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National insurance cuts
I went back to an old job and told them what I need to come home with, no problem there, question is does the employer have to pass on the national insurance savings or can she use the savings to pay less towards salary whilst still giving me my original salary?
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Holiday in lieu of notice ...
After a period of being undermined I finally resigned my local parish council job of 10 years in February. I gave over the 12 weeks notice my contract asked for and agreed to use 2 weeks holiday as part of this. Now because they haven't got my replacement ready (despite 20 weeks of constant reminders, notes and outside…
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Earnings threshold for employer NI contributions
Hi, what is the threshold for employer NI contributions please? I currently don’t have to pay tax as a low earner, but am wondering if they should be still be paying NI? Thank you
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Sick leave whilst employed and self employed
I work FT in the NHS but have fractured my ankle and currently signed off work for 4 weeks. I work an hour away from home so have no way to get there so best option is to be signed off (working from home is an option but not comfortable sitting at a desk for 8 hours so don’t plan to do it). However I do self employed…
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Notice period different
I recently received a contract where the notice periods for employees and the employer differ. Following the probation period, I'm required to give a three-month notice, whereas the employer only needs to give me one week's notice for each year of service. This arrangement strikes me as somewhat unfair. Has anyone else…
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GDPR / Data Protection question
Hi All - is my employer allowed to have a sales leaderboard that is distributed to the whole company which has a list of the entire sales force along with how they are performing against their individual targets? (Shown as percentage vs target) Wouldn’t this have some potential data protection issues? Thanks
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Any recruiters on here?
Hello all, I have just been made redundant, and need to find another job asap. I am a bit out of the loop in terms of how the job market is at the moment so I am hoping for some advice from any recruiters on here please. I have been applying for jobs on Linked In, but every role I see that is suitable for me has over 100…
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No references! (In current job 25 plus years!)
Hi - After 25 plus years I've had enough of working for my current employer and I'm seriously thinking of moving onto somewhere else which is scarey enough, but when writing up my CV again, I've got to the part where I have to enter references. My previous employer to my current one doesn't exist anymore and I don't really…