Off on ssp- resignation

raidman123

Hi, I wonder if I could get any advice please? I work as a paid sales manager and am work from home. I am currently off work with stress and anxiety issues. I was on Furlough since February but have now been put on ssp since the start of July. I am now looking to resign and work for myself. My sick note runs out today, I am considering resigning today giving my one months notice (worked here 3  1/2 years) I need to give one months notice so would finish employment at the end of July. Do I get another sick note and stay on the sick for the notice period? Or say I am now for to work, and agree to work my notice period? (I do not want to do any work ideally in the notice period! 

Many thanks

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raidman123 said:

Hi, I wonder if I could get any advice please? I work as a paid sales manager and am work from home. I am currently off work with stress and anxiety issues. I was on Furlough since February but have now been put on ssp since the start of July. I am now looking to resign and work for myself. My sick note runs out today, I am considering resigning today giving my one months notice (worked here 3  1/2 years) I need to give one months notice so would finish employment at the end of July. Do I get another sick note and stay on the sick for the notice period? Or say I am now for to work, and agree to work my notice period? (I do not want to do any work ideally in the notice period! 

Many thanks

If your doctor considers you to be unfit for work then yes, that would seem the obvious answer.

If however he considers you well enough to be at work then you need to offer to do so. The firm may tell you to go now (in which case they will have to pay you in full) or they may insist you work which they are quite entitled to do.

You might also be able to negotiate a compromise along the lines of " neither of us really wants me to be at work how about pay me for half the time and we will call it quits"! It depends a lot on the type of organisation.

TELLIT01

There seems to be a large element of wanting to have their cake and eat it here.  By saying they are fit to work the OP will be back on normal pay, but they also say they don't want to work during the notice period.  What will they do if the employer says they have to work their notice?

TBagpuss

If you are fit for work then you will have to return to work and work your notice, unless your employer agrees otherwise.

If you have any accrued holiday you may be able to use that now for all or some of the notice period.

If you are not ell enough to return than if your doctor gives you a further fit note then you can remain off.

If you have your notice in you can ask your employer whether they would be willing to agree a shorter notice period - you would of course only be entitled to be paid for the agreed shorter period, but if (for instance) you have 2 weeks of holiday accrued you might be able to agree to shorten the notice period to two weeks instead of 4, and to take the 2 weeks remaining as holiday, so you would not need to return at all. You'd get paid for the 2 weeks holiday. 

Thrugelmir

You could mutually agree with your employer to terminate your employment contract.