Girlfriend getting second job, any issues?
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Just a broad question really
My girlfriend works part time at a company and has worked there for 18 years most full time and the past 5 years part time since having a child together.
Now she is currently on 80% furlough and is worried about her job (a few long term employees have been made redundant)
A job came up at a local asda for online shopping picker. And they have asked her to go for a briefing and see if she can fit anything in
No she is worried about a few things, one, if she has to tell her current employer, it’s a small business but the owner is quite vindictive and she thinks if he found out, he could just say on your bike.
Also if she didn’t say anything how would the tax work, she doesn’t earn enough for tax atm but a second job could put her into this, would her employer find out then?
Any help is appreciated!
My girlfriend works part time at a company and has worked there for 18 years most full time and the past 5 years part time since having a child together.
Now she is currently on 80% furlough and is worried about her job (a few long term employees have been made redundant)
A job came up at a local asda for online shopping picker. And they have asked her to go for a briefing and see if she can fit anything in
No she is worried about a few things, one, if she has to tell her current employer, it’s a small business but the owner is quite vindictive and she thinks if he found out, he could just say on your bike.
Also if she didn’t say anything how would the tax work, she doesn’t earn enough for tax atm but a second job could put her into this, would her employer find out then?
Any help is appreciated!
Just checked now and it only has a trade secret part not to disclose info to anyone, and one section on unsatisafactory conduct which say she must devote her whole time and attention to work during her normal working hours.
I can’t see anything saying she can’t find another job outside of her hours
I can’t see anything saying she can’t find another job outside of her hours
I did say this but she’s just worried about possible fallout. She has worked there for decades and all in all it’s a tidy number that fits in with her and our life together really well. We’ve all been there with crazy office politics and arse lickers that look for any excuse to give their supervisors gossip
I’ve said she really needs to go just in case things go teets up and she has something / anything to fall back on.
Any advice on how her tax would work?
I’ve said she really needs to go just in case things go teets up and she has something / anything to fall back on.
Any advice on how her tax would work?
I’d say look at it this way - how much thought would the employer give your girlfriend if they need to let her go.
Also home shopping in Asda is seemingly growing at a great rate - my fiancée has worked for 15 years, if she takes that on it’ll be more secure and they are always looking for shifts to be covered.
Also home shopping in Asda is seemingly growing at a great rate - my fiancée has worked for 15 years, if she takes that on it’ll be more secure and they are always looking for shifts to be covered.
No issue whatsoever unless it impacts on her "main" employer's business or is prohibited by her contract.
She cannot be disciplined for having a second job (unless, as above it affects the other employer's business). She has unfair dismissal rights.
Of course, there are always ways of engineering a dismissal (e.g. lying about a misconduct issue or declaring a redundancy scenario and fudging the scoring criteria etc) but that is always open to challenge by way of a Tribunal claim.
Personally, I would mention it to the main employer in the hope that it would prevent them from feeling aggrieved.
She cannot be disciplined for having a second job (unless, as above it affects the other employer's business). She has unfair dismissal rights.
Of course, there are always ways of engineering a dismissal (e.g. lying about a misconduct issue or declaring a redundancy scenario and fudging the scoring criteria etc) but that is always open to challenge by way of a Tribunal claim.
Personally, I would mention it to the main employer in the hope that it would prevent them from feeling aggrieved.
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