Notice period

paddedjohn

daughter works for a council on a fixed term contract which ends in May, she hates this job and wants to leave. Can't find her contract but is there a standard notice period she has to give due to it being council or will it be contractual? Thanks

She has been offered and accepted a new job in another council.

Barny1979

With Local Authority, it is based on the person's grading/payscale/position, if an officer, likely to be 4 weeks, a managerial position is usually 3 months.

paddedjohn

Social work

Barny1979

As I said, it depends on her grade, not the area of the local authority she works in typically.

TELLIT01

She needs to check with either the office manager or her line manager. The required notice may be different (shorter) for fixed term contracts. The last thing she wants to do is upset her current employer if she is going for a job within the same sector.

paddedjohn

TELLIT01 wrote: »

She needs to check with either the office manager or her line manager. The required notice may be different (shorter) for fixed term contracts. The last thing she wants to do is upset her current employer if she is going for a job within the same sector.

She has accepted a job in a different council due to feeling bullied by her line manager. Started the job and told she would have to be a stand in manager (under protest) for a few months but then told she isn't good enough and slated on a regular basis even though her normal work (family support) is beyond question, she had no support in the management role as promised and hates working here due to the constant feeling of being bullied by the same person who promised her support.

TELLIT01

She could try giving one weeks notice and see what reaction she gets. Clearly not practical to ask her line manager and, if the l/m has been doing what is stated above, the office manager doesn't seem to be doing their job either.