Notice period - new job

Missbunny14

Happy Monday morning! :money:

I went to a job interview last week that went very well and I have been successful. When looking in my current jobs employee handbook & contract the notice period isn’t clear, which I know can be common practice. In this case I would normally offer two weeks notice. However, I would like to stay a month and start my new job in March, for various reasons, but money and delayed cross overs in pay being the main one. I know that a lot of the time employers would happily let you stay for a month knowing they need to find a replacement and It would be nice if I could give a handover. But, my company are a bit funny with this stuff and I’m scared once I hand in my notice they will get a bit irate and give me the bare minimum notice period - just so they don’t have to pay me I guess? Due to travel into the city I can’t be without money this is my main issue. Travel costs me 260 pound a month and being short of a couple of weeks money would have me struggling which is something I don’t want weighing me down when starting a new job My question basically is would you wait two weeks then hand in your standard two weeks notice or would you hand it in today and offer a longer notice that would leave me in employment until the 28th? I’m sorry if this is a really silly question but I don’t know much about my rights when it comes to notice period.

Thank you all :j

DCFC79

How long have you been there ?

You should find out the minimum notice you need to give.

Missbunny14

How long have you been there ?

You should find out the minimum notice you need to give.

It literally says ‘you must inform your line manager of your decision to terminate your contract of employment and you will normally be asked to confirm this is writing. The period of notice will begin from the date we receive this notification. Your last day of employment will be the date on which your notice expires unless agreed otherwise.’

getmore4less

There is no such thing as two weeks being normal/standard notice.

If you cannot find anything to the contrary your notice is either Zero or one week

Look at the offer letter, any other comunications, contract and handbooks more closely.

Undervalued

Unless a notice period is specified in your contract an employee only ever has to give one week's notice, regardless of how long they have been employed. It is only if the employer is giving notice that one week per complete year of service (up to 12) applies.

Remember however that your contract is more than just a document with the word "contract" on it and can include things like staff handbooks etc etc and even verbal agreements.

Undervalued

getmore4less wrote: »

There is no such thing as two weeks being normal/standard notice.

If you cannot find anything to the contrary your notice is either Zero or one week

Look at the offer letter, any other comunications, contract and handbooks more closely.

Only zero if employed for less than a month, which seems unlikely.

getmore4less

Undervalued wrote: »

Only zero if employed for less than a month, which seems unlikely.

Put in for completeness because if it was not there some pedant would have pointed it out.

sparkermarketing

There was a similar thread last week from someone who thought they were doing their employer a favour by giving them additional notice, but the employer enforced the minimum contractual term.

If you cannot afford to risk any additional time off, wait until the last possible moment to hand in your notice. They may not be happy but that is not your problem (even if you feel guilty about it. If they dont like it they should learn from it and change their contracts.

Exodi

sparkermarketing wrote: »

There was a similar thread last week from someone who thought they were doing their employer a favour by giving them additional notice, but the employer enforced the minimum contractual term.

If you cannot afford to risk any additional time off, wait until the last possible moment to hand in your notice. They may not be happy but that is not your problem (even if you feel guilty about it. If they dont like it they should learn from it and change their contracts.

Normally I would say have an open conversation with employers as far in advance as you can (I have and have compromised a notice period that was acceptable to both parties) however I also read the thread sparkermarketing is referencing (in which someone submitted notice early in good faith and had two weeks chopped off their notice period) and think from a purely sensible (albeit slightly selfish) point of view, you have to put yourself first.

(Side note: for wholeness, in the other thread, the guy was submitting a notice period LONGER than his contractual minimum notice period AND he was told he'd be put on gardening leave so was essentially asking for more time being paid whilst at home not working).

I'd submit a two week notice, there's no loyalty in business! If you get on very well with them and can stomach the risk, you could try submit a one month notice to give them time to replace you.

I'm too much of a softy, personally I've always spoke about it before submitting notice so I can tailor my notice to their requirements.

getmore4less

sparkermarketing wrote: »

There was a similar thread last week from someone who thought they were doing their employer a favour by giving them additional notice, but the employer enforced the minimum contractual term.

If you cannot afford to risk any additional time off, wait until the last possible moment to hand in your notice. They may not be happy but that is not your problem (even if you feel guilty about it. If they dont like it they should learn from it and change their contracts.

if you mean the one below employer backed down and did not enforce the shorter notice.


https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5954492/garden-leave-notice-periods&page=4

Missbunny14

I understand what you’re all saying but my worry is if I give in a two week notice period in two weeks they will try and make me stay for four weeks. Do you think it would be wise to ask HR what my notice period is officially? Baring in mind that’s what they’re there for?