Ambiguous notice period

Markee

Exodi said:

Jillanddy said:

That looks to me like someone forgot to update the template! But I'd suggest that since the offer letter said 12 weeks and so does one of the contract paragraphs then it would stand at 12 weeks. But if the relationship is good then a discussion may vary that.

This, at the end of the day, these contracts are written by a human.

I'd wager they took their stock '4 week template' copied the clause to change it to 12 weeks, and then forgot to delete the original paragraph.

That’s absolutely what happened. I have asked for templates for various documents before and all that is available is a previous doc that I then have to modify to suit my purpose (this is for operational non HR stuff).

TBagpuss

Yes, they've either no updated it or there are two alternatives depending on the nature of the role and they forgot to delete, 

However, given the offer letter I think in your case the 12 weeks applies

robatwork

My opinion (and we can only give those here) is that given this is a clear error by your employer who drafted this mess, that the outcome should be the most favourable one to you.

So if he wants 4 weeks' notice, insist on it.

However it could end up with m'learned honour to rule on it given all the evidence.