Notice periods

gozaimasu

A ten word sentence is ten words long, yes.

Uncertain

It is up to your employer whether you can take any leave owed during your notice period or not. Obviously if they don't let you take it they will have to pay you for it.

Also, if you have given notice to leave at the end of the month it is also up to them if they are willing to let you go earlier.

To work out what you would lose in pay (roughly), divide your monthly take home pay by 23 (no of working days in Oct) then multiply by three.

browneyedbazzi

Be very careful with the leave you take before you go - I've seen quite a few contracts now that state that you only accrue leave for full calendar months worked. So if you leave a few days before the end of October the month won't be counted when your entitlement is calculated.

I got stung on this when leaving my last job (I finished the 30th of October instead of the 31st and lost 2.5 days leave entitlement because of this and ended up having the 2.5 days pay deducted from my final salary payment) so I check leave policies religiously now!

LittleVoice

browneyedbazzi wrote: »

Be very careful with the leave you take before you go - I've seen quite a few contracts now that state that you only accrue leave for full calendar months worked. So if you leave a few days before the end of October the month won't be counted when your entitlement is calculated.

I got stung on this when leaving my last job (I finished the 30th of October instead of the 31st and lost 2.5 days leave entitlement because of this and ended up having the 2.5 days pay deducted from my final salary payment) so I check leave policies religiously now!

Contracts may say that but, except for anything over the statutory minimum entitlement, it is not lawful. Holiday is earned for all the time you work.

browneyedbazzi

LittleVoice wrote: »

Contracts may say that but, except for anything over the statutory minimum entitlement, it is not lawful. Holiday is earned for all the time you work.

Thankfully I've never been on a contract that only gives the statutory minimum leave but I take your point. If OP does only have the minimum then that can't be reduced through contractual clauses like I described earlier so they will accrue leave for the part of the month that is worked.