Resignation and PILON

TwoPiePaul

Hi.


I have been with my current employer for 14 months, and am employed on a zero hour contract as a delivery driver. Although on zero hours, I have very regularly worked 40/50+ hours every week.


We have recently had a fairly large increase in new drivers join us.
We now have 25 drivers (split over night and day shifts), with 10 vans, meaning there are at least 5 drivers off per day.


As such, I applied for and was offered a great new position with a different company.


So this week, I am handing in my 2 week resignation notice.


The question I have; am I in a position to request to be PILON ?


There is a reason for this, and it is not so I can be lazy for 2 weeks and get paid for it (pretty hard to do anyhow with 4 kids hahaha).
I was thinking more along the lines of, if I get PILON, the other drivers will benefit instantly because they would pick up the hours that I would normally work over the 2 weeks.


Any advice is always greatly appreciated

LittleVoice

You are giving notice - so unless you want to pay the company to release you early, why should any Pay in Lieu of Notice be due?


Unless they don't trust you to work properly, why should your employer pay you in lieu of notice and also pay another employee for the same time?

If it is a zero hours contract, you don't have to accept any work they offer and they don't have to offer you any work. Not much point in a two-week notice period is there? Pay in Lieu of Notice would equal £0.


Or is it not actually a zero hours contract?

TwoPiePaul

The 2 week notice period is out of courtesy for the company rather than just quitting instantly.


It is a zero hours contract. The contract stated that the contracted hours will be zero.
It was merely a question, because I wasn't sure myself, but thankyou for your reply

elsien

But you've said there are other drivers who will pick up your hours over the two weeks you were hoping to get paid for, so there wouldn't seem to be any inconvenience to the company?

TwoPiePaul

There are more than enough drivers to cover should I just walk away instantly, and definitely no inconvenience to the company.
But I can't just resign and walk away the same day, I've never done that in all my years working.


I just think it's a respectful thing to do by giving a week or 2's notice, whether its required or not

TELLIT01

Unless the company want you to leave immediately you hand in your notice there would be no entitlement to PILON. If you ask to leave immediately there would definitely be no entitlement.
I don't know how PILON payment entitlement works on a zero hours contract when a consistent number of hours have been worked over an extended period.

DigForVictory

I'd not expect any PILON, but I *might* hope for a modest payment in recognition of my reliable service.

Much may depend on how grateful my soon-to-be-ex-colleagues are to get my hours...

McKneff

You are entitled to exactly nothing.
Is two weeks notice in your contract.

aife

Normally I'm instinctively on the side of workers , but really -
You're giving notice purely out of courtesy
But you'd rather not work
But you'd like to be paid anyway
and this is all motivated by an altruistic desire to help out your new colleagues
Are you serious ?!!

Takeaway_Addict

DigForVictory wrote: »

I'd not expect any PILON, but I *might* hope for a modest payment in recognition of my reliable service.

Much may depend on how grateful my soon-to-be-ex-colleagues are to get my hours...

for 14 months? I very much doubt it.

sangie595

Actually, you are entitled to at least six months PILON.

As a zero hours worker, your pay is zero for any week you don't work. That will be what you are entitled to.