Notice period

[GJP104]

If you want to leave a job, how much notice do you have to give your employer?

I thought this would be covered in my contract, but I don't (and never have had) one for my current employer. Does this mean it defaults to something specific?

E-mail your HR department and ask for a copy of the contract, or obtain a copy of the Company Policies and Procedures from HR or the companies Intranet.

It should state in there how long the notice period is... usually it's 4 weeks notice, however a few places I know accept 2 weeks notice.

It's really down to your employer's discretion but if you have no contract then you are not bound by any terms, if you're not bound by terms then you don't have to work ANY notice.

NB:: THIS IS MY OPINION, DONT TAKE IT AS THE RIGHT WAY FOR YOU AND YOUR SITUATION. Do though go to your HR dept and ask for the paperwork.

Jamie

[Baggybooks]

Contact ACAS - there are so many variables.

Helen

[twd]

If you don't have a contract you should have received a written statement of particulars. However, if not, and you have worked for your employers for more than one month continuously, then you are required to give at least one weeks notice.

http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/detail?type=RESOURCES&itemId=1073792628&r.s=sl

[GJP104]

Thanks. I've asked my HR department for a copy of my terms and conditions. I don't remember ever having seen one, so it should prove interesting.

[Bryony]

If you don't have a contract you should have received a written statement of particulars. However, if not, and you have worked for your employers for more than one month continuously, then you are required to give at least one weeks notice.

http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/detail?type=RESOURCES&itemId=1073792628&r.s=sl


However this doesn't say anything about what might happen if the employee has received nothing. It is a minefield.

An employee who has worked for a company continuously for one month or more must give and receive notice of dismissal/redundancy or intention to leave. The notice period must be included in a written statement of employment particulars and made available within two months of an employee starting work.

[GJP104]

I've just had a word with my HR department, and I was right the whole time. I am one of several employees who have never been issued a contract. Apparently there is a standard contract for most employees, but I have never been given one. I have been told that one will be sorted out for me soon, but I have been hearing that since about June 2004 (I started in late May 2004)

Over the last year or so, some very poor decicions have been made by employer, making my work harder and more onerous. I'm very tempted to just leave them in the mess they've created- handing a week's notice and leaving on, say, the first Friday in February and try temping until my uni course in September.

Can anyone see an obvious reason why I shouldn't do this?

[Baggybooks]

Will they owe you any money? Holiday entitlement?

Might be difficult, if not impossible, to get it.

Helen