-
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 [MSE INSERT, 15/02/22: Some of these links are now out of date.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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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?
-
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…
-
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
-
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…
-
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…
-
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
-
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.
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Need legal advice on what happens if I or my business partner dies.
Hi all Before, I start, please allow me to make it clear that I am not asking here for actual advice. I am asking here where to start looking for the best advice and who can give me/us this advice at a fair price. I hope it's not too complicated. So, my business partner and I have built up a very successful business over…
-
Interview Stage
Hi All, I am currently facing redundancy and have been applying for new roles. It's not proving easy getting through to the interview stage and I wondered are potential employers reducing the number of people they interview and are there any industry standards? For example would one role usually result in a shortlist of 10…
-
Night shift Supermarkets
Just wondering do these type of roles get advertised with it’s more than one vacancy? Just wondering as I’ve seen a vacancy 3 nights that would just be ideal whilst I sort my long term future out but I don’t want get my hopes up if reality is the store only want one person? Going to apply, if I get an interview I can ask…
-
End of Employment - Commission payment owed by employer
After some advice on where I stand with commission payments during my notice period. I am due to end my current employment tomorrow and have asked my employer to provide information on commission owed against sales I have continued to make during my notice period. I have made a large sale during my notice period which is a…
-
NI and tax when have two contracts with the same employer
I currently work full time for the Civil Service. I have been offered a promotion but the new role is only half time. After much debate it has been established that if I wish to remain on full time hours I will need to have a dual contract with the second role being treated as secondary employment. I am confused how this…