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Lorry driver accident
My husband is a lorry driver, never had any points, has licence for 21 year , not even small accident etc, but just had accident at work, was driving on a village road, speed around 40 , very sunny and frosty morning. Another lorry in front, turned on the bend, he didn’t see it after the bend and because of traffic control…
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Looming redundancy and MPPI- Timing
We received a letter following a meeting suggesting my role is at risk of redundancy.I understand its a bit like 'locking the door after the horse has bolted' but naturally looking and how to cover the mortagage payments. Am I too late to qualify for a mortgage payment protection product? Thanks
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P45 tax code
Can I give my new employer my tax code from my last payslip if I don't have my P45 yet would that work? To avoid emergency tax
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Expenses question for Freelancing role
I've been working freelance for a charity for the last year. I have been told there is £200 worth of expenses attached to my budget. I said I would like a new PC. The company has said they would like me to have a PC they have had for a few years and claim for a printer and laminator that would benefit the other…
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Incorrect Holiday Entitlement at Resignation
Hi All, Just wanted some advice as I was informed when i handed in my resignation I had 0.5 days to use. Upon than confirmation, I booked annual leave and have now been emailed a while after leaving that the wording on an email regarding my holiday entitlement was wrong and that I actually owed 0.5 days. Now from my final…
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Holiday pay on final payslip after resigning is incorrect
Hi, really sorry its a long one ... was wondering if anyone could please help with a little advice? My daughter resigned from her job of 8 years on the 6th March. Up to this date she had 18 days holiday owing to her (carried over from Covid and past years). Her employer was aware of this and the days are not in dispute.…
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postman sacked
Hi, not sure if anyone can help, my daughter's boyfriend was a postman, they are all given extra leaflets to deliver and lots of them get dumped or left behind, anyway the boyfriend had, had a bad foot, after slipping off a kerb, on this particular day he had only a few leaflets to deliver and put them in the bin,…
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Advice Needed re drug testing and suspension
I hope someone can help me here. I am in tears with frustration and anger over this. My daughter has been in her job for 15 months. She is in the middle of buying a house in another part of the country and has agreed a transfer to another branch in that area. She is actually working for the new branch from the current…
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Bonus payment issue
Hello team, Hope you're doing well. Long story short, from November 2023 I've been took over from my old company X who use to deliver goods for Y. So the new company called Y, before the overtaking process said everything will be the same, hours, overtime nothing changes. But obviously this never happened once they took us…
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Interview wear
Not had an interview for many years i have got an interview for a hgv skip driver role just wondering what interview wear i should wear? Would smart casual be ok?
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PAYE to Self employed car advice needed
Hi All Next month I will leave my PAYE job and go self employed the week after I leave. I need to buy a car as I currently have a company car, I will need to buy this now so its ready for when I start self employment. How do I include the cost of it in my tax return as the purchase will be before I register as self…
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Do i need a sickness note?
I have been off from Tuesday with sickness and flu. I'm still not better and thinking to stay off until Monday which will make it 7 days. But Tuesday will then be my scheduled day off, will I need a note from doctor still?
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OMG. SSP completely unfair!!
I have just found out that someone working 2 part time jobs can claim SSP from both employers who are legally obliged to pay the full amount even though the person works part time. effectively means that someon working 2 part timejobs can claim double the SSP that someone working 1 full time job can. How on earth is this…
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NHS manager giving employee job without an interview?
I appreciate this might be a difficult question to answer and presume I'll need to seek further assistance to find out, but any advice is appreciated. In my department, there has been a 'trainee' post advertised which has quite a few internal applicants shortlisted for interviews. All the applicants apart from one are in…
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Paid sick leave
What is typical sick leave allowance in private sector work? I know NHS doctors and nurses are the most fortunate with 6 months full pay and 6 months half, but surely most SME and even large companies can't afford that. So what is typical for a professional job paying circa £60k a year? Also, how long does one need to be…
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employer docked my pay,
Hello, I was working for royal mail until recently, I lost my job due to gross misconduct as a result of my depression. Before Christmas, I took two unauthorised days of absence, these two days were confirmed in the dismissal meeting with my manager, 23rd and 24th. I went back to work on the 27th. I have found that they…
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Essentially lost my job due to having a baby - where next?
The back story is quite long so I'll do a TL:DR at the top. TL:DR I have been a qualified OT for 7 years now, working in the same hospital since I qualified. Got a static role as a band 6 in early 2020 and happily started to build my career in a specialist area. Went on maternity leave (took a full year) and on my return…
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Negativity in the workplace
Our team has been together for some time and there's been a lot changes recently from above in the workplace (processes, redundancies etc) A LOT of people are now leaving, and there's a very negative culture seeping into the day to day. Anyone experienced negativity in the workplace and how they managed to overcome it? Any…
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Signing out after a shift
So appreciate this may come across petty but would appreciate some advice please. So I work on the railway nights 12hr shifts so at the end of our shift we sign out and go home our finish time is 6:30am but we are give 15 minutes wash up time so can finish at 6:15am. However most nights we are done by 6:05-6:10 and the…
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Do I have to work notice?
I have been in my current job for over 7 years as a senior manager. For various reasons, I want to leave at beginning of June. Contractually, I have to give 3 months notice and only a couple of days of holidays left so would need ideally to hand in my notice asap. However, we are due to receive a bonus at start of April…