Working maternity cover position

lau84

Hi there. I am currently nearing the end of a maternity cover position for another employee. I still have no word from my manager when the job will end. As I have a mortgage to pay I have been looking for full time alternative employment for when this job suddenly ends. I have now been offered a new job and they need me to start ASAP. The maternity cover position I am currently in has no fixed hours, there are rarely rotas up so I have no idea what I'll be working from day to day which is unacceptable. For the last few weeks I have only been given one or two short shifts. The past few weeks has been one 7 hour shift only. Any guide nice on notice period I'm required to honour would be great. I was never given a contract of employment. Many thanks.

Charlotte17

No contract to say another other than this

You must give your employer 1 week’s notice if you want to leave your job and you’ve worked for them for 1 month or more

https://www.gov.uk/handing-in-your-notice-resigning-leaving-job

LittleMrsThrifty

Do you need a reference from your current employer?

If not, then one week. Or if you are on a zero hours contract presumably you can decline the hours for that particular week and then say you are leaving from the week after?