My employer hasn’t auto-enrolled me in a pension scheme – what can I do?

I was wondering whether you could provide me with some advice regarding a pension issue that has arisen at my workplace. I started working for my company last year, but due to a delay in it giving me relevant paperwork, I recently discovered to my shock that my employer had not auto-enrolled me in the … Read more

Company secretary, 45, is jailed for five years for stealing £1.7million from her employer

Company secretary, 45, with horse-buying habit that she found ‘more addictive than drugs’ is jailed for five years for stealing £1.7million from her employer Lisa Crawshaw ‘destroyed’ a business when she took cash to buy several horses  Business discovered the theft when it began receiving debt collection letters   Crawshaw was jailed for five years for … Read more

Black quantity surveyor sues employer for race discrimination

A black quantity surveyor is suing a consultancy firm for race discrimination claiming she was held back for promotion in favour of her white colleges. Shannice Richards-Hargreaves worked for project and programme management consultancy Faithful+Gould in Birmingham and then London. She told an employment tribunal that white associate director Dervla Duffy – who worked in the … Read more

Why you have been ‘ghosted’ by an employer after a job interview

Revealed: Why you have been ‘ghosted’ by an employer after a job interview – and what you should do about it Two career experts have explained what to do if a recruiter ‘ghosts’ you This can occur as recruiter’s clients often alter what they’re looking for    Sometimes HR departments also take weeks to approve job roles … Read more

Can I take unemployment insurance even though my employer has put me on furlough?

I’m worried about redundancy: Can I apply for unemployment insurance even though I’m on furlough? By Will Kirkman For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 07:41 BST, 16 July 2020 | Updated: 07:41 BST, 16 July 2020 I’ve been on furlough since March and it’s been extended to October – but I am worried my employer will make me … Read more

My employer has handed my final salary pension to an insurer

Retirement concern: My employer has passed my final salary pension to an insurer – how safe is it now? I have just read your column on final salary pensions. In common with many others, my employer passed on its scheme to an insurance company which now pays me an annuity. What happens to my pension … Read more

My employer has put me on furlough – will this affect my mortgage application?

I’m in the middle of a mortgage application but I’ve just found out that my employer is putting me on furlough. I’ll still get 80 per cent of my salary from the government but I’m not sure what this means for my application. Will this affect the lender’s decision? Will they still accept 100 per … Read more

Chancellor Rishi Sunak ‘saves 800,000 jobs with employer bailout’

Chancellor Rishi Sunak announces his huge financial relief package at a press conference with Boris Johnson in No. 10 last night Rishi Sunak’s unprecedented bailout promise to underwrite employees’ wages was last night hailed as saving 800,000 jobs during the coronavirus epidemic. The chancellor told last night’s Downing Street press briefing a new grant would cover … Read more

Chancellor Rishi Sunak ‘saves 800,000 jobs with employer bailout’

Chancellor Rishi Sunak announces his huge financial relief package at a press conference with Boris Johnson in No. 10 last night Rishi Sunak could have saved around 800,000 jobs with last night’s unprecedented package of measures to help employers keep paying wages during the coronavirus epidemic. Analysts from Capital Economics who were forecasting a 1.5million … Read more