Not Working Full Notice At Work.

[Jenarry]

I’m so happy i’ve found a new job . I’ve worked in my current workplace 20years . 10 years under one original management and 10 years under the current management who are not very nice to work for at all.
We’ve had a lot of people leave on the spot so I didn’t know what notice people usually give. I’ve given 1 months notice yesterday and I think that is ample time to show someone else the ropes on the jobs that I do . I’ve told new place one month .but on checking as I’ve been there over 6 years I’m supposed to give 6 weeks notice. :/ and my boss has mentioned it. She said about having to pay if I leave before the 6 weeks .
She said she is checking with their employment lawyer and she’s going to let me know . I’ve tried checking online but I’m finding conflicting advice . A friend has advised just sticking to my 4 wk date and if I end up working a few days and I don’t get paid for them so be it .my boss may surprise and come back and say 4wks is fine but knowing how things usually are she may insist on the 6 weeks. Any advice gratefully received .

[Jenarry]

Ps I REALLY don’t want to work the 6 weeks now I’m decided and have new job I want to go ASAP .

[choux]

Employees must give their employer a minimum of one week's notice once they have worked for one month. This minimum is unaffected by longer service. However, contractual notice is the amount of notice that the employer can set out in the terms and conditions of employment which can be longer than the statutory notice.
Statutory or contractual notice period - Acas Mobile
www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=4096

[choux]

https://www.employersdirect.org.uk/free-employer-advice?utm_source=google&;utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=%2Bacas&utm_campaign=ACAS-General-B&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIiN3s_6ip3wIVxeJ3Ch2CLg1GEAAYASAAEgLCzvD_BwE

[hc4361]

Have you got any annual leave owing? That is normally taken off the notice period

[EdmundD]

"Have you got any annual leave owing? That is normally taken off the notice period"

Not necessarily. You can work the full notice and be paid for any accrued leave.

[Jenarry]

My boss was going down the path of insisting I work the full 6 weeks but after leaving me hanging all day she finally said that she’ll accept my 4 weeks notice . I think she prob took advice and found that she couldn’t force me to give work more than the 4 weeks that I wanted to do . I ended up with a splitting headache from trying to work out what to do all day .

[TonyV]

Ok good result Jen just make sure you get any outstanding holiday pay paid.

[peter486]

If you have legal documentation of one month then you can leave the office after one month or if you have signed the documents with 6 weeks duration then you have to work for 6 weeks. It is a legal process and you can't do anything about it.

[fiction-factory]

^I disagree peter- jenarry has shown you can successfully negotiate a smaller notice period. You can also seek to use outstanding holidays as aprt of teh notice period. Some employers would prefer you to leave early particularly if you have access to confidential data/client data or could be an unsettling ditraction to others. And if you did fail to turn up for the last couple of weeks what would the employer do in reality- almost certainly nothing apart from making sure you weren't paid for days not worked.

[Peter Pedant]

if the boss hasnt put it in writing
write a note
Dear Boss - I given in my notice - by agreement you agreed to 4 wks notice - my last day at work will therefore be ....
yours a worker

[Canary42]

No sensible employer forces a worker to stay - just think of the chaos they could "accidentally" cause.

I hope all goes well in the new job - Good Luck.

[Jenarry]

thankyou everyone . I thought she would be mad to make me work 6 weeks . Firstly she was running the risk of me losing my new job =very unhappy employee . And secondly making me work for 2weeks at a workplace longer than I want to = very unhappy employee .
It wouldn’t put anything past her though .