Giving in notice during holiday time

[Deleted User]

Will be off to uni soon and so need to quit my part-time retail job. So, I have been booked in for holiday on some dates in September. My contract states 1 week notice so could I give in my notice 1 week before my 'holiday' dates and then leave?

MEM62

You may submit your notice whenever you choose.

TELLIT01

If you are asking if you can hand in your notice immediately before you go on holiday, and have that as your notice period, the answer is yes.

[Deleted User]

Perfect. Sorry if this post came across as stupid. I just thought that maybe there might have been some contractual agreement somewhere in the books that I would have to be there physically on the last day or something else in the rule books. So I can basically leave with immediate effect then.

spadoosh

There will be contractual agreements in place with regards to how you go about getting paid what youre owed but nothing contractually to say you have to physically be working your notice period.

Something to bear in mind is how you accrue holidays. You will not be entitled to the full years annual leave balance as you will be leaving part way through the year. If you put your details on here.... https://www.gov.uk/calculate-your-holiday-entitlement it will tell you how mnay holidays you will be due. If this amount surpasses what youve already taken then either expect them to expect you to work some of the holiday or expect them to recover any overpaid holiday pay in your final payslip. (the same is true the other way, if youve got lots of holidays left they need to pay you).

[Deleted User]

spadoosh wrote: »

If this amount surpasses what youve already taken then either expect them to expect you to work some of the holiday.

I have checked that tool and I am pretty much on the edge of using my holiday. I work overtime so could this count as 'working off' some of the holiday? If so, I will be sure to work overtime as I don't really want to go through the year with pretty much zero holiday allowance.

tealady

Personally I would give your manager a "heads up" sooner rather than later. After all you may want to work for them again (Christmas for example).

p00hsticks

tealady wrote: »

Personally I would give your manager a "heads up" sooner rather than later. After all you may want to work for them again (Christmas for example).

I'd second this - just because a week is all that's needed legally, and you can be on holiday during that week, doesn;t mean that's how much you have to give.


It would be considerate to your manager and work colleagues to give a bit more and you then keep relations cordial in case you ever want to go back.

[Deleted User]

I'm going to find another job anyway when I go to university and I have some financial support from my parents anyway. As far as I know, management couldn't give a toss about me so I think they will be happy to see me leave anyway lmao.

Savvy_Sue

You say it's retail, if there's a branch near your uni then you may be able to transfer.

Whether overtime counts towards your holiday entitlement partly depends on your employment status and your contract and isn't always straightforward.

One thing I would always advise is when you give notice, set out what you think last working day and your holiday entitlement is: "Dear Fred, please accept this as my one week notice: I am due to work on Friday nth September but will then be taking the 3 days' leave I booked in January so will not return after that. However I believe I have accrued a further day's leave so look forward to receiving that with my final pay. Yours etc".

My reasoning is that I usually know what I'm expecting, so if I tell the employer, they can tell me if I'm wrong. ;-)

theoretica

If you are of normal university-going age, surely people in work will expect you to be leaving?