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    Retired based on someone else's pension statement

    Yes this is very confusing. It's been confirmed that the pension is "based on your salary over the last 3 years" so yes as she dropped some hours as she got older (she's an active nurse) she's got a lower salary and lower pension. But even so this statement from 2014 (and Feb 2019) was never...
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    Retired based on someone else's pension statement

    Thanks for the advice and comments. Yes she is part of the nursing union and they are aware. We have got to the bottom of what has happened and it has wider implications, it appears to be a fundamental failure in the process- so my mum cannot be the only one, or there are others it will happen...
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    Retired based on someone else's pension statement

    Looking for some additional first steps for my mum other than Pensions Advisory Service please, but appreciate that this may be one and only step forward. My mum is 70 this year and works in the NHS. In Feb this year she took her pension statement to an IFA who advised as it was dated 2014...
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    Evidence of sickness- your impacts on employee?

    Thanks Karl, you are right I am terrified of a tribunal. Your last paragraph summed it up bang on, I think what I find off putting about the HR advice is the manner in which it is delivered. Perhaps sometimes they come across as this scenario being something to "win" and a game, whereas for me...
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    Evidence of sickness- your impacts on employee?

    Thanks for the example Karl. While I see your point, can you see that as a tiny business we're not interested in doing anything that might land us in a tribunal even if ultimately our actions would be supported. So if I understand you correctly that both HMRC and DWP would consider that...
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    Evidence of sickness- your impacts on employee?

    An OH report on an employee highlighted a dependency issue they needed to address and said this was likely to be the cause of the behaviours and performance concerns that were the reason we sent them to OH in first place. I have required them to take action and required adjustments on both...
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    Non performance- automatically renewing advertising

    Hi all, Looking to get a steer as to whether I am on shakey ground or not. Signed up to a 24month agreement- sponsoring a golf club via a 3rd party. Long painful story short, all 18 sponsors made complaints within 6 months of the agreement starting as the deal we were sold, which was sold...
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    Chasing monies from individual- debt help contacts?

    Hi there, very happy chasing debts from companies who procure us but bit unsure with the legal requirements around individuals. Individual client part paid a June invoice in September, the invoice was for 2 stages of a project and he paid for the later stage that couldn't have happened without...
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    Pro-bono or below cost works

    The interesting point too is that I am a trustee of a charity myself (tiny one) and I would be mortified to not be aware of people's contribution. Thanks Bill I will think about doing that, but sense it will need careful language so that I don't get perceived as stirring?
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    Pro-bono or below cost works

    We are a start up so this may be a very naive post! As a micro SME design practice we do pro bono or "minimal fee" works for community groups when we can afford it BUT... What is the etiquette when: You are sub contracted by a developer to a project where the ultimate client is a charity and...
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    Late Payment Demand

    Need a bit of a rant and sanity check please! We issued a late payment demand via the Thomas Higgens Partnership to a Ltd co, interest plus compensation. Amazingly after 2 months of stalling from the PA of the debtor within a day of receiving the LPD letter, we get a reply with a scan of...
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    Irregular part-timers and bank holidays

    Thanks Newchodge, so to clarify: You only deduct leave for BH if you are closed and the day is one that the staff needed to work to do their full weekly hours? Is there somewhere I can refer to this point clearly? My charity colleague sits on employment tribunals so tends to feel they are...
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    Irregular part-timers and bank holidays

    I had thought I had done this correctly but a fellow charity trustee has told me I am disadvantaging our charity staff though what appears to be happening is more to staff advantage I would say. Can anyone clarify please? All staff are part time. All are on "X hours in a week" contracts...
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    Zero hour contract and paid holiday

    We have some staff on zero hours contracts as they are finishing degrees and so their availability is irregular. What we do is each month: Pay their salary for hours worked, Do a calculation for how much AL they have accrued based on hours worked on the 5.6 weeks equivalent, which is...
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    Secondment- remain as employee or transfer to new employer?

    Hi all, Am asking this question on behalf of a charity that I am a trustee for (there is only 4 of us and while we've coped with all HR issues over the last 5 years this one is more unusual). One of our (2) employees has been head hunted by a Gov dept that used to fund our work, which...
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