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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 [MSE INSERT, 15/02/22: Some of these links are now out of date.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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HMRC misinformed about my income
Hello all! Hope everyone is having a lovely Friday today. I was wondering if anyone knows what the best thing for me to do is: I went through my employment history in my tax account today and it turns out my old employer has misinformed HMRC about my earnings by a total of £2700. My p45 is different to what's on the…
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Looking to get Electrician Training / Certification
I have made the decision to invest time and effort into myself by pursuing training in the field of electrician work. I am particularly drawn to the Electrician profession due to my interest in the field, coupled with some prior experience in the low-voltage sector. Although I did not attend school in the UK and lack…
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Vetting process at work - Am I in trouble?
Good evening all, I recently took a job at a small Security firm & office based but I’m currently 4 weeks in & absolutely loving it so far. Now, I went on a course so I could get involved with Vetting new members of staff - during the course it was said that a Credit check had to be complete etc & that if anyone fails the…
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Working night shifts - bad sleep
Hi guy ive been working a role which involves occasional night shifts and have done so now for a number of years however, I have been struggle to sleep after night shifts - which involve getting home for around 7am and I have only been able to sleep until around 10-11am and I feel awake. This seems to have gotten worse…
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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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Documents needed for PAYE
Hello, I have been employed till mid May 2022 (the company went into administration then) and got P45. I have been self employed from then till now, but I am starting a new full time job on 8th April 2024. What documents do I need to provide to PAYE? Is the old P45 still valid? I do not have P60 for 2023, but have for…
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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…
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Employer making me work in a different department will continuing my job
Hi, I am the only water sports instructor at my place of work, I have just been told that I have to work in another department (grounds maintenance) so completely different to my role as well as still having to in my original role of water sports. As most contracts say you will need to meet the needs of the company and…
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First hour is unpaid
I'm a mobile employee, meaning I have no fixed site at work.i have a works company van with fuel card which I take home every day. I'm employed 7 hrs a day at £12.50 an hour. but first hour is unpaid ( company class it as unpaid traveling time) so say I drive from home for 2 hrs to a site, then do 4 hrs work, then drive 2…
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Boss can’t use me as self employed?
Hi all, I’m self employed and negotiating a role with a company I’ve previously worked SE sessional for. I’ll be working on the books part time. The question comes from them telling me that I can’t work them and do SE work (invoice them), though they don’t do paid overtime, and will still use sessional workers for tasks…
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Massive tax code change - reason?!
Evening all, I have just received my first pay of the financial year and found my tax code has shifted dramatically from 1435L to 1269L. in 23-24 I claimed tax back on various employment expenses (bulk of this being business mileage), this being the reason by tax code increased. Why then have HMRC reverted back to a big…
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Holiday entitlement increased hours
I when i started my job years ago the annual holiday entitlement on my employment contract is 30 days per year including bank holidays - my employment contracts states normal working hours are 9-5pm I now work 8:30 to 5:30. My employment contract says during each holiday year the employee is entitled to 30 days holiday…
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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…
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GCSE equivalent
Hello Is an Application of number core skills course at level 2 equivalent to a gcse in maths? 2 Units covered in 2010 alongside an access course to get into university and its listed on the certificate I had Regards
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Phased return after work - confusion and anxiety
I work part time so 2 or 3 days a week that make up to 35 hours over 2 weeks. EDIT 2 : Update spoke to boss who realised their mistake and said I don't have to come back till after the correct date. So the question now is basically is am I being a bit spoiled by thinking 2 days a week is too much? I.e I'd rather do 1 day a…
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Messy tax situation
Hi I've been self employed sole trader for many years. Earlier this year, I took up PAYE employment. I haven't done any self employed work for the last few months. I'm due to submit my 23/24 return and then will have a remaining POA to pay in July. In employment, I was initially taxed as expected on an emergency 0TM1 Code…
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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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Secondment employment law
Asking here as dont want to involve HR incase my current department find out and i burn bridges So ive been successful in getting an internal secondment for 12 month - more pay too. New department want me to start asap naturally, current department while happy to agree the secondment naturally want to keep me. They have…
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Different tax codes
My wife and I have just checked our pay slips for this month, and I don't know why we have not noticed this before but we both have different tax codes and we don't understand why. Mine is the 1257L and my wife has 1263L which obviously means she has more allowance than me, but why would that be? Please could anyone advise?