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Business capital / means testing
Does anyone know whether savings that are put into a business are still used to calculate (reduce) means tested benefits? Is there any difference for sole traders versus forming a company, if the business is then legally a separate entity? (All very hypothetical at this point and may or may not be relevant in future.)
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Unfair Dismissal
I worked as a delivery driver fora company for about 2 and a half years up until I was dismissed from my post on 20th December 22.I was more or less dismissed on the spot for gross misconduct and subordination. After having a bit of an argument with my line manager about something quite trivial, during this argument he…
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Ghosted by employers.
I have been finding it hard to find work, ever since moving with my parents/carers. I been able to do my part time as and when, job. But it takes five hours there and back and is odd houses. As the event's first aider for Wembley Stadium. I have been trying to get a job as a bartender as I did some one-day-a-week job at my…
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Advice in work
Hi all I have been employed for a year (after 10+ years of self employment and losing my business due to the economy) and it’s been tough. It’s a small company (3 of us including the owner) and they’re aware of my autism, anxiety, adhd etc. I am constantly being told off for not socialising enough, making myself enough of…
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Hi, my name is Harlequ1n! I’ve been looking for a job
Hi, Any advice for me? I’ve been looking for a job since I had a brain tumour removed in 2008 (followed by a 2 year recovery period). I had a senior managerial IT role, both in this company and the two other companies that I have worked for (35 years in all). After the operation I developed epilepsy and and stimulus…
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Job
I have lost my job because of my health is getting worse
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Disability discrimination
Hello all I’m being bullied and discriminated at work by a woman who keeps giving me jobs I can’t do then making me redo them! I can’t lift anything heavy and walk very far without a rest and she took me on as disabled I told her in my interview I couldn’t lift anything heavy! I also told her I could not walk very far! So…
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Long term sick - On Unpaid sick - Refused holidays?
Hello I badly need advice. I am on long term sick. I have used up all company sick pay and SSP. I requested that I use my holiday entitlement while off sick and they are refusing. Anything I can do? All help appreciated thanks.
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ESA permitted work query
Hi I have been in the support group of ESA for the past 10 years or so. I was offered a part time (10 hours per week) job and my child's school which I accepted and have been doing for the past 3 weeks. I completed a permitted work form and sent it a few weeks before starting the job but have still not heard back. (Sent…
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So now what????
I’ve just handed my resignation in. I was a primary school teacher. Due to needing crutches or a wheelchair for distance, I can no longer do my job. (Osteoarthritis of both knees waiting for surgery). I need to work for sanity and money. What job can I do that doesn’t involve my knees?
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Meeting with HR & Manager.
Hi lovely people, My name is **** and I'm 28 and work for a financial institution. I've been there for 20 months employed full time. I've had 2 rounds of sickness leave due to my 2 terminal diseases which I suffer from sadly. One has been for 6 months and this current one has been 6 weeks thus far. I've been told to go to…
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Voluntary National Insurance payments
Im disabled with progressive MS. I have one more year's worth of National Insurance payments to make in order to be able to claim full penson when I reach retirement age. I was advised that if I went self-employed this would be cheaper (Ive not worked for 5 years but was then employed and after this I made 2 years worth of…
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Going to Leave My Job
Going to leave my job after three weeks I did try. Yesterday
I went to a meeting with my boss’s senior; my boss wouldn’t even look at me.
They had this big pull across door which they never use in the time I worked there;
soon as I went in they used it nobody wanted to talk to me pulled it shut. I
went in even after what…
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It's difficult to find suitable work that won't stress me out
Hi, aim autisic and have anxiety. I've been trying to find part time work but it's difficult finding work that is suitable for me. I've been looking at cleaning and picking/packing jobs because they don't require too much interaction but the environment might be too noisy for me and I can only do a bit of hoovering because…
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Work Place Discrimination / Internship
I started this internship two weeks ago, and I thought it was great at first. Then it got worst, with being told by another member of staff that my boss did not like women and has a volatile temper. She said he even went right up to her face and started swearing, I was told he did this to all the women in the office and to…
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Failed Experian background check, job offer withdrawn
I am really devastated here. Ive been with scope for a while having in work support, I was working at a web development agency but being mistreated quite badly. I was advised to seek something else. I had an interview for a role a couple of weeks ago, which apparently I totally aced! and was offered the senior developer…
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Any advice for a occupational health meeting
Hello, I'm currently signed off work with depression and anxiety, I work [Removed by moderator - privacy] as a customer service advisor and never really had much of a social life (besides being involved with an Astronomical Society every Friday) having Dyspraxia and Autism. I'm already on stage 3 warning for attendance and…
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Hi, my name is appleseed201256! Need some employment advice
Need some advice. How does taking Ill health retirement with a lump some payout effect me seeking employment in the future elsewhere if I recover?
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Sick leave for depression, worried about Absence Management process
Hi folks. I’m 54, female, and employed by the Civil Service. I’ve had depression and anxiety for years - first diagnosed in 2003. Between 2003-2013 I had several periods of long-term sick leave. First time I was sent to Occupational Health for an assessment, and they recommended a change of post within the organisation -…
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First time posting- About to complete a masters degree and struggling financially
Background- I am a long term survivor of an aggressive type of brain cancer and suffer from transient fatigue as well as partial seizures. I have been struggling financially as my Mother died recently and I have had to pay for a lot of unexpected costs. I live on my own and I don't have any family around. My issue now is…
