Hi all, I was told today at work my job is one of a few at risk in my office. The plan is for me to go back in a couple of days and say why I think they should keep me on, as company is cutting workforce and they feel my position cannot be justified. Reading on a couple of different website about notice periods, I have worked there only 7 months so would have guessed it is one months notice and pay they have to give me? However I am sure a couple of websites said its only a week? Can someone please help me on this? Also, they gave a company meeting, then I was called in on my own, then being called back to state my case or what ever you want to call it, I believe they have followed the correct rules? Pretty sickening when just last week they are taking clients out and spending 1k on meals Many thanks in advance Ed

Hi, My role has recently been made redundant and as a result I am in my notice period. Due to the offshoring of my role I am not required to attend the office during the notice period. The first two weeks of the notice period coincided with a period of Jury Service. Question is - does this period of Jury Service impact my notice period (i.e. does it extend it by two weeks)? Thanks, Monoceros

Hi All, I have recently taken on a new member of staff as my assistant manager and she is on a 13 week probation period. I have grave concerns regarding her commitment and have discovered that she has been working elsewhere while supposedly being off sick for the last few days. Her absence has caused major upheaval for myself and the rest of the team and now I feel any trust or confidence I had in her has been broken. I do not want to waste any more time on training etc for someone who is clearly going to be unsuitable. Can I dismiss her for those reasons and would she have any legal recourse?

Hi all, I have today received my second SAR out of the 12 that I have requested from various companies (not good seeing as I started back in March!) Anyway, this one form Citi is very vague, only statements and a sheet showing application information, no agreement. It says on there that i requested PPI which is bizarre because I wouldn't have and also on my statements I had 6 months interest free and that is the only months I have been charges PPI for! once I started paying interest the PPI stops. Second question is as this SAR is so limited I am unsure if I ever attempted to reclaim the bank charges from them. Shall I: A) write and say SAR is inadequate (although I have everything I need for PPI bar my agreement but I know I wouldn't have asked for it anyway and the interest free period is a good indicator that they forced it upon me for that period anyway to make up for loss of interest) or B) just whack in another claim for charges seperately and let them figure it out if I already had a refund?? Not sure which is best route to go down, I genuinely don't know if I did or not! Thanks

Hi All, I started my current role within the NHS on February 20th 2012. Unfortunately, I was informed in July that the hospital was carrying out a re-structure and at very least my job would be changed. Once i received the job description for the new role that I had been 'pooled' into I decided to look for something new. It is worth noting that there are 7 staff going for 6 Jobs, the re-structure is going ahead mid-october. I was offered a new role towards the end of August, the new employer preferably wanted me to start as soon as possible and i advised them I had a one month notice period (to the best of my knowledge i thought this was the case) .Upon speaking with my current management , as I was just outside of my probationary period which would have ended on the 20th August, I would have to carry out my full 2 months notice as stated in my contract. To add to the confusion, I am going to work for a company who's client is the NHS, so it is not quite as simple as 'walking out the door' as it will have a severe impact on relations between by new & current employer. The worst case scenario at present is that I cannot take the new job as there is too long a wait before I can start and I also lose my current job. My line manager will not budge and HR have advised me that there is nothing they can do. Could anybody give any advice on the best course of action to take going forward? J

Hey guys, I've just given my notice period on 31st August which I believed to be a rent period i.e. month/30 days (went rolling in March). However my letting agency come back to me yesterday and said my termination date is a month from my tenancy start/rent date which is the 9th therefore October 9th. Is this correct or are they trying to fleece me for another 10 days rent which amounts to something like £150. I checked my tenancy agreement last night and couldnt find anything to support this.

Was alerted to this by a member recently. He was notified around March 2011 by letter that because of what they termed a "Systems error"the wrong policy guide was sent out...which assumingly contained the terms and conditions. They later apologised and sent out the correct ones. I am trying to establish how long after he took out the Policy and began using it,that the mistake was corrected. My thinking is that if the mistake was corrected after the period / scope that he had to cancel,then it would fall within the remit of CPUTR2008. It is significant that this was also around the period of the OFT investigation,so it looks likely that it was in consideration of that,although of course CPP made no mention of the investigation,or that they had been found to have mis sold some of these policies. Will update when there is more info on this case.

I've asked this elsewhere, but it may be more appropriate here. I began a 30-day rolling contract in January after my previous 18 month contract came to an end. The monthly contract was for roughly £13pcm. On the 28th of June I ported my number to GiffGaff. I received my final bill a couple of days ago that stated I owed them ~£20. A Notice Period Charge of £24.xx and a rebate of £4 for what I assume was ending my contract part-way through the month. I sent TMobile an email refuting the charge, and received the following back (the actual mail was more lengthy, this is the meat): Does anyone know what is meant by the 'to ensure you always pay for the next 30 days' nonsense? When I requested the PAC, at no point was I told that I would be charged for using the PAC within 30 days. I know that it's 'only £20', but it's the principle of the matter. The monthly contract was for only £13, and you can't say in all seriousness that clicking a few buttons on the computer leads to administrative costs of £24. Am I right to challenge this charge? I've cancelled my direct debit so there can be no 'oops, we took the money anyway!' mistakes. What are the implications of fighting this? Thanks to everyone who reads this.

Let me give you some background, I hit a trigger point when I was off for an extended amount of time due to stress, I returned to be told I was due a capability hearing - 7 month down the line this capability has still not been carried out and I have been off sick twice since then. What I'm concerned about is that could they use the 2 recent illnesses against me if the capability does go ahead? And how long is a reasonable time to delay a hearing? This is causing me more stress now having to think about it!

I have recently ended a probationary trial period myself. I discussed the reason as to why with HR two weeks prior and stated that I did not approve of the office politics. After ending my trial period I handed in a Med 3 and self certification to cover myself. (two months). Do you think this will be the end of the issue or will the company make waves for me, as I am unsure of how much notice I should have given. Fortunatately I had not received a full contract of employment only a brief terms of contract in my offer of employment. I have no intention of making waves or taking any matters further, just to walk away quietly and put the last three months behind me.

hi there, I wonder if anyone can give us an idea of what to expect when we renew our tax credits... From April to August last year, my partner was working 40 hours a week as a self employed subcontractor. Then the company he was working for folded, but rather than sign on and claim JSA as we were sure we could weather the financial storm without doing so, he continued to look for work and we lived off our small savings (and sold pretty much everything we owned). Our second baby was born in November, so having him at home was a godsend really as I was pretty ill, all in all he was not working for around 5 months. By the beginning of Februuary thanks to the generosity of friends and family we had managed to find him enough tools etc. to set up on his own as a gardener. So he informed HMRC that he was now a sole trader, and at the time I rang tax credits who said that that in itself made no difference as he was already registered self employed. Things are really positive now, he is working 6, sometimes 7 days a week and we are financially back on track. However, now that we have got last year's accounts back from the accountant and it's time to renew our tax credits claim, I realise that the details they have for last year won't be correct, (he DID work 40 hours a week when he was working, but obviously that doesn't apply to the 5 months off). I feel stupid that we didn't tell them about the 5 month period where he was looking for work but not signed on. We continued to receive tax credits for that period, which I assume is fraud as now I've looked into it we should have told them within four weeks if he wasn't working? Being newly self employed last year, we just didn't think as I assumed our award would just be based on income (overall, he still made a profit of £4237 for the year) Will they just ask us to pay it back from future awards? Or will they cut off our award altogether for not disclosing all of the relevant information? I'm making myself sick with worry as this was a genuine oversight as we had so much on our plate. Any advice gratefully received.

Went for a drink with some friends from years ago today. One had done a credit card balance transfer (to or from Virgin - not sure now) then the card changed the payment date and had informed of this, but it was on tiny print on the statement rather than with a letter. So - the discount period was ended. As this was a penalty for paying late, is the interest charge that now applies to what would have been a free/low interest period a reclaimable penalty charge?

27/5/2012 Hi. Can anyone help me out here? My tenants advised me 3 months ago that they would be leaving, as they were buying a property. Due to work commitments and timescales, we worked out that the 17th June would give them enough time to complete on their property purchase, whilst also, admittedly, fitting in with my commitments. Within a couple of days they came back to me and asked to make it 17th July, as they thought it may not be long enough. I agreed to this and sent them notice to quit- by recorded delivery- at the beginning of May stating the 17th July. I made contact with them last week and asked if all was on track for the 17th July and was told 'yes'. I wished them well. However, today I received an email stating that the house purchase went through quicker than expected and now wish to leave on the 17 June instead. This will result in 3 weeks lost revenue for me. What I would like to know is if they can counteract my notice with less than 1 months notice, so to speak? They have been tenants for 4 years, on a rolling tenancy, following on after the initial 6 month AST. Many thanks in advance.