Giving notice while signed off

warriorsq

I'm asking this on behalf of my girlfriend. 

My gf was signed off work by the doctor for 5 weeks and a few days in decided to give her notice in at the school where she works. Her contract says she must give 1 months notice. She presumed she would get full pay for the month up till leaving as that's how they work in the public sector. The headmistress has now written back saying she has accepted the resignation with immediate effect. Does this meant the headmistress doesn't have to pay sick pay/wages for the months notice period or is my gf still entitled to it? TIA

Jillanddy

I don't think anyone here can tell you what she meant by what she wrote. Your girlfriend really needs to ask her. Many schools are, in any case, no longer bound by generic public sector terms. So nobody can guess what happens for you. It depends on what the specific sick pay rules are for her employer.

General_Grant

warriorsq said:

I'm asking this on behalf of my girlfriend. 

My gf was signed off work by the doctor for 5 weeks and a few days in decided to give her notice in at the school where she works. Her contract says she must give 1 months notice. She presumed she would get full pay for the month up till leaving as that's how they work in the public sector. The headmistress has now written back saying she has accepted the resignation with immediate effect. Does this meant the headmistress doesn't have to pay sick pay/wages for the months notice period or is my gf still entitled to it? TIA

Well, for a start, I'd certainly write back and say I did not wish to resign with immediate effect but had given the correct notice of my decision to leave their employ on the date given in my letter and not before and that therefore the last day of my employment is to be X (whatever date was intended).

getmore4less

If you resign with notice while signed off you are entitled to contractual pay(which may be just SSP if that is the sick policy)
the last week(in many cases) should be full pay but that depend on the notice the contractual notice the employer has to give the employee to dismiss and the statutory notice based on service. 

as above they can't change the notice to immediate effect.