6 months notice period , help!

TELLIT01

I don't think they can legally withhold salary, but that doesn't mean they won't.  If you plan to travel once you leave, you probably won't be in much of a position to do anything about it either. 

TBagpuss

SChitmehard said:

If you've just started, then you can leave giving them the statutory notice. My contract had 1 week for the first 6 months of employment either side. 

Just because that's what your contract has doesn't mean it's universal. OP's contract requires 6 months notice and so they are legally bound by it.

OP, if you leave without serving your full notice, they can sue you for their financial losses.

So for instance, if they hired a temp / locum to cover the role, they could sue you for the costs of paying  that person, less the amount you would have received in salary, for the remaining period of your notice.
They can only claim for actual losses, so if they didn't hire anyone new but got existing staff to cover, they couldn't claim for a temp/locum, (although they could claim for the cost of overtime, less what your salary would have been) 

SChitmehard

ontheupslope said:

I've been in the position for 8 months. I'm not bothered about references , just worried they will take me to court or withhold my last month's salary

Unless it's a really specialised skilled job where they would REALLY struggle to recruit, they cannot sue you in court as they have not suffered any loss.

If you are paid at the end of the month then just don't go to work after after they paid you for the last month you worked. Obviously if you stop working on the 5th then you will struggle to get your money. Another option is to overtake your holiday entitlement to make up for it.

ontheupslope

SChitmehard said:

ontheupslope said:

I've been in the position for 8 months. I'm not bothered about references , just worried they will take me to court or withhold my last month's salary

Unless it's a really specialised skilled job where they would REALLY struggle to recruit, they cannot sue you in court as they have not suffered any loss.

If you are paid at the end of the month then just don't go to work after after they paid you for the last month you worked. Obviously if you stop working on the 5th then you will struggle to get your money. Another option is to overtake your holiday entitlement to make up for it.

Thanks. Not skilled as such although I am a manager. They do have managers who could (and have previously) covered my position. They do however struggle to recruit, but that's more due to renumeration and Glassdoor / indeed reviews.