Leaving before full notice period- 7 weeks given...

productof80s

Thanks for that, wasn't sure if 12 or 13 weeks makes a month.

Ja7188

Educational services, not a school.

This could be a lot of things - I think you need to hope it's not an area in which full written references or checks are needed.

I am trying to be reasonable and offer the most I can, a lot of people have just left anyway and nothing happened to them

In what way are you trying to be reasonable? Surely you've agreed a 3 month notice period which you're now refusing to honour...

I find it hard to believe that lots of people have left without giving proper notice - in my experience, it's not commonplace for notice to be reduced unless both sides agree - I'm also intrigued as to how you know that nothing happened to other people who've left early!

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productof80s wrote: »

7 weeks notice is being given anyway.. not as if I am leaving within a week or so like a lot of people have over the years and more recently within a month.

You know their contract or terms then do you. One of my 'argued against zero-hours' colleagues recently left on 2 weeks notice, but I got the impression they were due a lot of holiday to help them leave sooner then possibly longer then two weeks.

Currently I work in an establishment where half the work force are zero-hours and the the other half are contracted.

Admittedly it's also the first company I've been in where the staff handbook doesn't mention notice on the side of either party... Maybe you'll be alright.

getmore4less

Deleted%20User wrote: »

You know their contract or terms then do you. One of my 'argued against zero-hours' colleagues recently left on 2 weeks notice, but I got the impression they were due a lot of holiday to help them leave sooner then possibly longer then two weeks.

Currently I work in an establishment where half the work force are zero-hours and the the other half are contracted.

Admittedly it's also the first company I've been in where the staff handbook doesn't mention notice on the side of either party... Maybe you'll be alright.

Zero hours do not need to give notice.
They just turn down any work and start any new job they have

Kentish_Dave

Comms69 wrote: »

Well yes, there isn't anything they could do that would be 'worse' than that.

That said, any company that asks you to break a contract isn't one I'd choose to work for...

I don’t agree, they could sue, and also give a bad reference, and then give the future employer an off the record call to explain that they’d suggest not taking the OP on as they fail to honour their word and are unreliable.

Kentish_Dave

productof80s wrote: »

Thanks for that, wasn't sure if 12 or 13 weeks makes a month.

Neither.

I know that people joke about the quality of staff in education, but really...

SensibleSarah

Former colleague of mine was taken to court by our ex-employer for leaving before her notice period ended (by about 6 weeks - she was also on 3 month's notice). But that was a particularly nasty company who targeted a fairly junior member of staff who wasn't in a position to fight back to make an example of - to stop other staff from doing the same thing. Many many others had left before her (and indeed since - so that didn't exactly work) without fulfilling their notice and nothing was done to any of them.

Comms69

Kentish_Dave wrote: »

I don’t agree, they could sue, and also give a bad reference, and then give the future employer an off the record call to explain that they’d suggest not taking the OP on as they fail to honour their word and are unreliable.

Q: Is the absolute worst-case scenario that they will attempt to sue me for the 5 weeks of notice that I don't give? Or is this extremely unlikely to happen?

A: Well yes, there isn't anything they could do that would be 'worse' than that.

I agree they could sue

getmore4less

Feb to April. 12weeks 5days
Dec to Feb 12weeks 6days

The rest are 13w or 13w1d