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Basic rights at work & Redundancy
This thread is for people wanting to start getting help with their rights at work and when facing redundancy. Some of your rights are based on laws passed by Parliament, and other rights you have will depend on the contract you’ve got with your employer. Our advisers from Malvern Hills CAB are here to help you with your…
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Overpayment by employer
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please advise !!
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Overpayment From Old Employer - Solicitors Letter
Hi, I hope someone can give me some advice. I used to work for a company, and towards the end of my employ there were some issues regarding my pay. Due to an on-going health problem, I was off work a lot and ended up in hospital having a major operation. During this time, even though I had provided details of absences and…
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Redundancy and notice payments
Hi my company are making a number of redundancy's they have said they are going to lump the two payments together<redundancy and leiu of notice > and then pay them over 12 months is this legal and is there anyway you can make them pay the money earlier. Many thanks p.s they are only paying the government minimum
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Getting paid by cheque
Hi.Where i work we get paid weekly (tuesday) by cheque.As its christmas and we are shut for the week our employer has said we have to wait for that weeks cheque until we return in Jan or he can send it to us,but he wont post it until Thursday 27th so it wont get to us until the following week anyway. Im just wondering if…
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Can I be made to move to another department?
In our workplace managers are trying to move around all the staff at one particular grade so that they will be doing different tasks at the same grade and with no additional/loss of pay they have given us three weeks notice of this change to fall in line with newly promoted staff. Our terms of reference (employment…
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Tax issue leaves me with no wage
I am looking for a bit of advice I am working for an agency at the moment called HR Consultancy and have been on assignment with them since 12th October 2012. I have been on Tax code 810L W1 until this week when they received a coding notice from HMRC to change me to 810L – when they have done this their system has advised…
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Husband has left work, they have deducted all his wages!
* Basically, my husband is paid 4 weekly. * He handed in his notice, followed company procedue and left his position (hes found a new job) * we were expecting his last paypacket on the 5th dec * having checked bank account he hadnt been paid, although he was due 2 weeks wages plus holidays * after recieving his wage slip…
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Possible sick pay mistake by work
Hello, My OH was off last week 3 days sick. So worked 2 days and also completed overtime for Saturday and Sunday. He has been paid for his normal 49 hours plus 16 overtime. Now previously when he has been off sick for less than 4 days he has not been paid SSP but on another occasion he was off for a full week and received…
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wanting to claim my wage back
Hi I had a accident at work which resulted in me having to take 2 weeks off and im back only part time. I asked the manager if she would be able to pay my basic wage whist i was off, due to being injured at work. She said no. i asked her if i could claim through the work insurance which she seemed happy for me to do. I…
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Current Employer Requesting Details of Termination from 2nd job
My Step father had 2 jobs up to last month, they were both working for 3 days a week. He got fired from one, because he forgot to wear his ear protectors (hardly anyone wore them so it was too easy for him to also not wear them). He mentioned this to the employer at his other job and they have asked him to provide written…
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Under paid & agreed amount of back pay
Hi 2004 - One of my staff (under another line manager) underwent a payment review and was put on a new structure along with the rest of the organisation 2008 - This staff member received an £8k back pay cheque as she had been put on the wrong pay band due to a change in her role. However, her pay point was frozen at £33k…
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Underpaid after raise, advice very much wanted and appreciated
Hello there, I've already made a post regarding my situation, which had some almost immediate response, but I'd love to get an experts advice (offical expert/advice, no offense anyone). I cannot post links unfortunately, so I've quoted my original post. I have another thread with the exact same name if you want to have a…
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Is my employer breaking the law?
One of my colleagues was arrested recently and the police asked for CCTV, the manager made 2 copies, 1 for the police and 1 for his records. A few days later my employer pulled us all into the office and showed us the CCTV that the police are using as evidence against my colleague. What can be done about this as i dont…
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TUPE or not TUPE
Hello, Thank you in advance for this message board, I hope that you can shed some light on the options available to me. I have worked for a small company for 7 years, where I am the only employee along with the 2 directors. Three months ago, due to the business struggling, the directors made a deal of some sort with a…
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No rest breaks
I am currently working part-time hours for a well known retailer during the christmas period. Xmas temp staff are allocated 6 hour shifts without a break, which is legal. My shifts are normally allocated from 3pm to 9pm (which is closing time). The problem is that realistically I always end up working longer than 6 hours…
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Heavy Duties - Employer being unfair?
My OH works for a Truss assembling company building the wooden frames for houses etc. He has been experiencing pain in his back and has various other pain related symptoms which have gradually got worse over around the last 12 months where he is now constantly in pain and is being managed on Strong pain relief. His Doctor…
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No pay during redundancy notice period
Hi, I have been working as a joiner in a small firm for around 8 years. We have been struggling with work for a while and been put on short time, on and off for a couple of years. More recently, after another short time period I have been laid off for 3 weeks and been told I will be made redundant. I went to a meeting…
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Probation period
Hi all I started a new job on December 28th last year on a 6 month probationary period. In May I started a new job role within the company which reset the 6 month clock. 7 Months later I am still on the probation period as I may not be good enough to be taken on 'full time', so it keeps getting extended. Now, obviously I…
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Dismissed from work due to sickness
Hi, my contract of employment has been ended due to phoning in sick for one day. I was on a 6 month rolling contract, but they have decided to end it without my input. The company have given me no notice pay. Could you please advise if I have any rights?