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Congratulations on your new role. That's a fab question to ask. I think my thoughts would be:

HR is not there to police the organisation - we are professional advisers in the same way as Solicitors or Accountants. This means as a general rule, our…

Hi Andre, you do have quite a few posts along a similar line now. i did reply with a suggestion about academia or research in one of your previous threads which I'm not sure if you saw. I have copied and pasted it below in case you missed it:-

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Oh gosh - do schools still make people call teachers Mr, Mrs, Ms, Mx etc at secondary school nowadays? I can understand it a little with younger ones, but we were allowed to use first names at high school if the teacher invited it - my form teacher was…

Thank you - I agree with Helen - i think that IT training may be a better fit, or even trainer/assessor for IT related apprenticeships? It would be very rewarding to be able to pass your skills and knowledge onto young people and see them develop.

It…

As one member of the 50 club to another, welcome and well done on considering a career change - I have to admit that I'm in the 'planning to retire in the next 6 or 7 years' mindset.

I think a lot would depend on what you have been doing…

Are you using the Apprenticeship Levy to cover the cost of the training you are providing him with? if so then you do have to provide him with paid time off one day a week (technically it is 20% of the working week, but if someone works 5 days a week…

Thank you - that is a daft remedy, but helpful to you as they admitted that your role was redundant (and presumably put in writing). Sounds like unfair dismissal and breach of contract really. I don't understand why the Union aren't supporting you. It…

That's useful information Clare and sorry you have had such a difficult time.
You indicate that they accepted it was redundancy in the end, but you rejected their suggested remedy - are you able to say what the remedy they suggested was as that will…

My interpretation is the same as David's - you can claim unfair dismissal because the first contract was terminated, even if the employment remains continuous because another contract starts immediately