snowychap Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 5 minutes ago, bickster said: France now on the 14 day quarantine list Obviously doesn't apply to the 'No. 10' faithful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Tomorrow will be the first non weekend day off I have had this year. Of those weekends I have worked over half of them and the week averages 60 hours. Its not a pissing contest but I am ready for this. That said I have a week booked in august, September, October and December. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 13, 2020 Author VT Supporter Share Posted August 13, 2020 Is it hard to emigrate to Canada? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rds1983 Posted August 14, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 14, 2020 9 hours ago, Stevo985 said: Is it hard to emigrate to Canada? I looked into this a while back as we were looking to move to Vancouver but never went through with it for family reasons. From what I remember it was relatively straight forward, points based off stuff like education, career and finances and the younger you were the better. Also depends if you're going for permanent residency or a work permit (set nimbers of those available). Of course you could just marry a Canadian. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted August 14, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 14, 2020 29 minutes ago, Rds1983 said: I looked into this a while back as we were looking to move to Vancouver but never went through with it for family reasons. From what I remember it was relatively straight forward, points based off stuff like education, career and finances and the younger you were the better. Also depends if you're going for permanent residency or a work permit (set nimbers of those available). Of course you could just marry a Canadian. I think she's available: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 10 hours ago, Stevo985 said: Is it hard to emigrate to Canada? if you have a job offer I think its relatively straight forward if you're under 30 then google the international experience Canada program after that its a federal skilled worker application, they have a similar system to oz and NZ in that its a point scoring system based on education, French language skills but then also where what you do scores on their job shortage list, if you're a doctor you get more points than a post man, if your job is low on that list then you can kind of forget about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted August 14, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 14, 2020 12 hours ago, Xela said: I've got about 5 weeks of annual leave to take before the end of the year. Looking forward to getting away for a few days in the UK. Not sure where yet but fancy a return to the IoW They have found real dinosaur bones there now as well. Some creature similar to a T-Rex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 14, 2020 Author VT Supporter Share Posted August 14, 2020 46 minutes ago, villa4europe said: if you have a job offer I think its relatively straight forward if you're under 30 then google the international experience Canada program after that its a federal skilled worker application, they have a similar system to oz and NZ in that its a point scoring system based on education, French language skills but then also where what you do scores on their job shortage list, if you're a doctor you get more points than a post man, if your job is low on that list then you can kind of forget about it Qualified Management Accountant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 was high on the list from memory obviously if you can get a job offer from one of the big four you will walk in and they have offices in pretty much every major city there (again from memory) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 On 14/08/2020 at 07:44, Rds1983 said: I looked into this a while back as we were looking to move to Vancouver but never went through with it for family reasons. From what I remember it was relatively straight forward, points based off stuff like education, career and finances and the younger you were the better. Also depends if you're going for permanent residency or a work permit (set nimbers of those available). Of course you could just marry a Canadian. Lucky I did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 On 13/08/2020 at 20:22, Xela said: I've got about 5 weeks of annual leave to take before the end of the year. Looking forward to getting away for a few days in the UK. Not sure where yet but fancy a return to the IoW Ive got loads of al left. Have until march 2021. Was meant to use most for wedding but thats obv cancelled now. Think employers are going ti be in a pickle with employees leave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 We were told we needed to take half our allowance before the end of August (to stop the inevitable nobody working at all in December). For me personally it was fine as I took a longish holiday in Feb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Genie said: We were told we needed to take half our allowance before the end of August (to stop the inevitable nobody working at all in December). I know that employers can tell employees when to take holiday (with the requisite notice) but that sounds a little iffy. Indeed it sounds quite inconsistent with (the thoughts behind) carrying over statutory annual leave in to the next two holiday years - as per the temporary law change introduced by the Government. Edited August 15, 2020 by snowychap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, snowychap said: I know that employers can tell employees when to take holiday (with the requisite notice) but that sounds a little iffy. Indeed it sounds quite inconsistent with carrying over statutory annual leave in to the next two holiday years - as per the temporary law change introduced by the Government. I’m not sure how much resistance there was behind the scenes. Our business has had some eye watering losses so I think the general feeling is go along with things that help protect the business in the short and medium term. I wouldn’t have minded “chipping in” if I hadn’t naturally complied anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 27 minutes ago, snowychap said: I know that employers can tell employees when to take holiday (with the requisite notice) but that sounds a little iffy. Indeed it sounds quite inconsistent with (the thoughts behind) carrying over statutory annual leave in to the next two holiday years - as per the temporary law change introduced by the Government. Does that law change apply to public service employees as well? If it does we certainly have not been told about it. Usually you 'may' be allowed to carry a maximum of 5 days leave at your managers disgression. With most managers in the nhs that ive experienced they dont allow you to carry any as they hide behind 'service needs' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 42 minutes ago, Genie said: I’m not sure how much resistance there was behind the scenes. Our business has had some eye watering losses so I think the general feeling is go along with things that help protect the business in the short and medium term. I wouldn’t have minded “chipping in” if I hadn’t naturally complied anyway. If that were the feeling, though, surely some sort of call to all pitch in together and do this as it was good for all would be a better course of action? It's not that it isn't understandable why the business would want or need that kind of thing to happen - how they go about it says a lot about what they think of their staff (and should say a lot to their staff about what they ought to think back). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Does that law change apply to public service employees as well? If it does we certainly have not been told about it. Usually you 'may' be allowed to carry a maximum of 5 days leave at your managers disgression. With most managers in the nhs that ive experienced they dont allow you to carry any as they hide behind 'service needs' I'd assume so, Dem. It was about statutory holiday not contractual holiday. I think it was announced at the end of March. How/whether it made it in to legislation (surely they weren't lying!), I don't know. I can have a look at the link for you. Edit: This is the Gov announcement - Quote Workers who have not taken all of their statutory annual leave entitlement due to COVID-19 will now be able to carry it over into the next 2 leave years, under measures introduced by Business Secretary Alok Sharma today (Friday 27 March). Currently, almost all workers are entitled to 28 days holiday including bank holidays each year. However, most of this entitlement cannot be carried between leave years, meaning workers lose their holiday if they do not take it. There is also an obligation on employers to ensure their workers take their statutory entitlement in any one year – failure to do so could result in a financial penalty. The regulations will allow up to 4 weeks of unused leave to be carried into the next 2 leave years, easing the requirements on business to ensure that workers take statutory amount of annual leave in any one year. ...more And this is a commentary on it by a legal firm: Quote On 27 March the Government amended the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR) to allow carry forward of up to four weeks accrued holiday leave. This will allow leave to be taken sometime in the following two years but only where the holiday leave was not taken in this current holiday year as a result of the effects of coronavirus on the worker, the employer or the wider economy or society. ...more So it looks like they did amend the regulations. Edited August 15, 2020 by snowychap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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