Handing in notice

Matt_22

I have to hand in my written notice. I'm not 100% sure on what my notice period is. It maybe a month in the contract. That they actually never got me to sign. I think people have left sooner. Do I need to write on my notice letter when my last day of employment will be? 
Thank yiu

elsien

You don’t have to sign a contract to be for it to be valid, but either way you still need to know when your last day of work is going to be. Have you considered asking your manager? 

Pineapple88

Ask HR if you don’t feel comfortable asking your manager. 

If you don’t feel comfortable asking anyone then I would include statutory notice in my resignation letter (you can find out on ACAS or Gov.uk) and let them tell you if you need to give more. It’s usual to include your last date of work in your notice letter but you can also say something like “unless we agree a different date” and that way you can try and negotiate a shorter notice period. 

General_Grant

Pineapple88 said:

Ask HR if you don’t feel comfortable asking your manager. 

If you don’t feel comfortable asking anyone then I would include statutory notice in my resignation letter (you can find out on ACAS or Gov.uk) and let them tell you if you need to give more. It’s usual to include your last date of work in your notice letter but you can also say something like “unless we agree a different date” and that way you can try and negotiate a shorter notice period. 

Statutory notice would be one week as, without a contract for longer, it never increases beyond one week.
However, because it appears there could be a contract in place for longer, the OP needs to look at the contract or obtain a copy from the employer (whoever would have issued it) if they can't locate it.

Undervalued

General_Grant said:

Pineapple88 said:

Ask HR if you don’t feel comfortable asking your manager. 

If you don’t feel comfortable asking anyone then I would include statutory notice in my resignation letter (you can find out on ACAS or Gov.uk) and let them tell you if you need to give more. It’s usual to include your last date of work in your notice letter but you can also say something like “unless we agree a different date” and that way you can try and negotiate a shorter notice period. 

Statutory notice would be one week as, without a contract for longer, it never increases beyond one week.
However, because it appears there could be a contract in place for longer, the OP needs to look at the contract or obtain a copy from the employer (whoever would have issued it) if they can't locate it.

Indeed but this is "contract" in the widest sense as it can include any verbal or written agreement, such as the job advert, emails, letters, staff handbook and even notices on the tea room wall!
 
As GG says, statutory notice to be given by the employee in the absence of any other agreement never increases above a week (and is zero with less than a month's employment). Notice to be given by the employer however increases year by year to a maximum of 12 weeks (or more if the contract so specifies).