Dismissal due to stress

custardy

Undervalued wrote: »

Because it is normally in the employee's best (financial) interest to "string this out" unless they have another job to go to.

All the time they remain employed they are accruing paid holiday (roughly one day's pay for every two weeks).

It increases the chances of the employer offering some kind of settlement to "go quietly".

If the employer dismisses there is a reasonable chance of them not doing it properly leaving the possibility of a claim or settlement.

If dismissed due to capability it will be easier to claim benefits than would be the case if they resign.

Also, if dismissed, the employee may be obliged to be paid notice.

All the OP gains form resigning is a feeling of "being free". However it they have decided they are not going back then they already have that in a way plus the satisfaction of gaining some financial "compensation" from the problem employer.

Theres nothing to resign from.
The have been dismissed. The whole thread relates to an out of office message which says they have left the company.
Reality is,the OP has been off for months and an out of office message doesnt change anything thats happened.

sportsarb

custardy wrote: »

Theres nothing to resign from.
The have been dismissed.

You can resign before your dismissal takes effect.

I've been given 13 weeks notice by my employer, I'm only obligated to give them one month, so I could in theory still resign before the notice is over.

Undervalued

custardy wrote: »

Theres nothing to resign from.
The have been dismissed. The whole thread relates to an out of office message which says they have left the company.
Reality is,the OP has been off for months and an out of office message doesnt change anything thats happened.

Sorry, yes.

I was responding to BBH123's post which urged the OP to resign and I should have looked further back in the thread.

As a general point my post stands, as it is usually not in an employee's best financial interest to resign in a long term sickness situation.

shortcrust

I think they could come up with loads of plausible enough other reasons for the out of office. Sounds like a waste of time to me.

Is that really what you want to be doing now anyway? I've left a job because of stress and the thought of going straight into a battle about something like that would have filled me with horror. Surely best to move on, eyes front, and concentrate on what comes next.