I've got a new job - when is my end date?

caramel_syrup

Hey all,

Hope you all can help me as I'm at my wits end trying to sort this out. Even HR people at my current work is useless, some of them give contradicting advice to each other.

I've got a new job with a company where I live locally. I have 6 days worth of annual leave that I have not taken yet. It is 4 weeks notice. I sent my resignation letter yesterday, 17/11. In my letter I stated that my last date with the current organisation will be 15/12. However since I have 6 days annual leave remaining, my last date in the office will be 7/12.

The Manager did not want to accept that "my last date in the office will be 7/12". He instead wanted me to finish on 9/12 so that it would be a full week. Fine, no problem.

My questions are:

1) Am I right to say that now, taking into account the new last date in the office will be 9/12, my last date with the organisation will now be 19/12, taking into account the annual leave?

2) Even though my last date will be 9/12, I am still going to be paid up until 19/12, is this correct? The Manager told me, "You will either get paid or get annual leave, not both". I think this is ridiculous and incorrect, since I am entitled to be paid for annual leave. I haven't heard anyone has not been paid just because s/he is on annual leave!

Please advice...I'm losing sleep over this matter. It's near Christmas and I don't want to be poor...ta muchly x:)

hcb42

if you hvent taken all your holiday allowance by your leaving date, the company will pay you for it.

LadyMissA

you will leave early but they will pay you as if you are there for the holiday you haven't taken or you work the full 4 weeks notice and on top of that they pay the 6 days holiday

caramel_syrup

hcb42 wrote: »

if you hvent taken all your holiday allowance by your leaving date, the company will pay you for it.

Thanks Love for your prompt response. But when is my last date with the organisation, and would I be paid for the annual leave and the leave I have not been able to take if any?

caramel_syrup

LadyMissA wrote: »

you will leave early but they will pay you as if you are there for the holiday you haven't taken or you work the full 4 weeks notice and on top of that they pay the 6 days holiday

Thanks Darling. Does this mean:

- My end date with the org is now 19/12 rather than 12/12, if my last date in the office is 9/12?

- I will be paid for my annual leave, despite leaving early?

Ta muchly x

LadyMissA

caramel_syrup wrote: »

Thanks Darling. Does this mean:

- My end date with the org is now 19/12 rather than 12/12, if my last date in the office is 9/12?

- I will be paid for my annual leave, despite leaving early?

Ta muchly x

if they are paying you for holiday and letting you leave early your last day offically will be the last date they pay you for so 6 working days after your actual last day there

KiKi

caramel_syrup wrote: »

Thanks Darling. Does this mean:

- My end date with the org is now 19/12 rather than 12/12, if my last date in the office is 9/12?

- I will be paid for my annual leave, despite leaving early?

Ta muchly x

I think you're getting confused.

You are leaving on 09/12. They should pay you up to 09/12 and then pay your 6 days AL on top. So your last day of employment is 09/12. This is what most companies do when people resign and have untaken leave.

What your manager was saying - absolutely rightly - is that you either do that option above, OR that your last day in the office is on 09/12 but then you go on AL for the next six days, meaning your employment officially ends on 19/12.

The outcome is the same, financially, and both are accurate in terms of payment, so you won't be poor for Christmas.

HOWEVER, you really want the first option above. You want to end your employment on 09/12 and be paid additional for 6 days leave, otherwise there are tax code implications for your new job if you start it before your current employment officially finishes (in the second option) on 19/12. Worse still, your current contract may not allow you to work for another employer whilst you are still formally employed by them. So if your new job starts before 19/12, then you should absolutely take the first option.

So finish on 09/12, and you'll get an extra 6 days pay in your final pay packet.

(Also, make sure it *is* 6 days you're owed. If your AL year runs to 31 December or later, don't forget that you're not working up to that point. So it might be a day less that you're owed.)

HTH
KiKi