Hi, It's not about "playing" the employer not is it about "planning Sickness". This is me trying to push though and work as long as I can do before i have to stop. It's not about taking health risks either. I'm aware they can force me to start maternity sooner... from what I read it's if I'm sick with a pregnancy related illness 4 weeks before due date. Thanks

Hi, This is a question that I'm hoping to get an answer on and is probably similar across many businesses. As I have just over 1 year employment in the civil service I can have 1 month full pay sick and then it reverts to SSP. After 2 years Service it's 2 months full pay. How does this work though? Is that 1 month per year? Basically I'm having a torrid pregnancy and had 1 month off in June/July for hyperemisis. I'm now on crutches and the physio and consultant have said they can't see me lasting at work until 04/12/2017 when I plan to start my maternity leave. They have said they would have no problems providing a sick note for as long as I want. Now if I was to go off sick in November does my sick entitlement start again and I'll get full pay for a month or will I be straight to SSP because I had sick full pay a few months previous? Thanks

I guess what I'm saying is should my employment with civil service be taken as a whole giving me my maternity entitlement or is it right for me to more or less have to start again?

Hi, I'd like to get advice so I am armed with the best level of knowledge. Civil Service Maternity Allowance. - if employed for 1 year by the date of ordinary maternity leave starts - 6 months full pay. - if employed for 26+ weeks (prior to the 15th week before due date) - 6 weeks at 90% of full salary then SMP Afterwards. - otherwise SMP In line with normal guidelines. Worked for OFSTED since June 2016. On 30/01/2017 I will be working for DWP. It's not been done as an internal transfer though for some strange reason so on the Friday my ofsted employment ends. On the Monday my DWP employment commences. However, had I stayed with OFSTED I Would be entitled to the full 6 months full pay maternity entitlement. Had this been done as a transfer then I should be as it's all Civil Service (that's my understanding of the rules anyway). However I think that as it's been done in the way it's been done then I start from scratch again in building my entitlement. I'd be interested in advice as I feel it's pretty unfair.

Hi all, I'd love some advice please. Initially looked at a company called 'a shade greener' who will install the system/maintain for free and I get energy produced by the panels. 25 year contract on the roof space being rented. The cost was I don't benefit from energy generated to the feed in tariff. Mortgage company were happy with the contract by the way. Decided against it as I quite like the idea of all benefit being mine including feed in. I've heard of places which will install for free and you get to keep the feed in benefit too. Some sort of government grant. 1. Is this correct? 2. What's the catch? 3. Who is reputable? 4. Be interested in people's experiences.... Thanks

No work nope.... The Peckham spring, that'd be a nice find.... I'll get digging.... He who dares

There is historic subsidence on the estate though. However there's been no house movement in the last 30 years to be fair

Nothing at all on the front to be fair

House is very slightly higher not by much though

That's a point yeah. I've got a mate who's a builder and he's gonna pop over in the next few days and see what he thinks.... What a nightmare

That's possible. I've just swept all the surface water away but within 5 minutes it's back exactly how it was prior to sweeping it. Not growing scarily fast though.

I've just had the drain manhole up but the pipe runs in a totally different direction. Had the taps on running down the sink and flushed all the toilets and it's running through that really well.

Not metered to be fair. Maybe it's another pipe Only way to tell will be digging the block paved drive up I guess

There's been no loss of pressure to be fair. It's just a water patch forming into what's now surface water rather than a damp/wet patch. It's about 3 metres from the pavement where the main stopcock and about 3 metres from the house/internal stopcock.

I don't think it's a stopcock issue personally. It's in the middle of the drive suggesting that that pipe has burst midway. It's annoying as I know people who have claimed successfully.