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Legal Amount Of Notice You Need To Give An Employer?
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Hoping you can all help me, i cant seem to find a clear answer online. I've just been offered a new job and want to hand my notice into my current employer, ive had a look in my employee handbook and it says i have to give 4 weeks notice as ive been with the company more than 4 years. I was hoping there is a legal loophole allowing me to give less? I reducing my working hours in September as i have gone back to college full time and wouldn't be able to carry out my full time contract any more and my employer was kind enough to allow me to do this. I currently only work 4 works a week on a Saturday and this is purely to give me a little extra money to keep myself afloat. I thought about asking to take it as holiday pay but obviously with it being December i highly doubt that would be aloud. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Go and talk honestly to your employer would be my advice. Employment contracts are not "law" as such, although there may be a legal remedy if the contract is not adhered to; so there won't be a "legal" loophole. From what you say, your current employer has behaved well towards you, I think that you owe them the courtesy of being honest and open with them. I don't say this as a criticism but you did ask for advice.
As woof has explained, there is no "law" about this. If you were to leave without notice you would lose the relevant pay, which you would lose anyway if they gave you permission to go; but what is more at risk is your reputation and your ability to ask them for a reference.
If you do work just four hours on a Saturday, you are unlikely to put their business at risk by leaving but i think they have been more than generous to you in the past, now its your turn.
You should explain to your new employer that you have to give 4 weeks notice and could they either rota you out for the first few saturdays or give you a new starting date.
If you do work just four hours on a Saturday, you are unlikely to put their business at risk by leaving but i think they have been more than generous to you in the past, now its your turn.
You should explain to your new employer that you have to give 4 weeks notice and could they either rota you out for the first few saturdays or give you a new starting date.
If you leave before the required period of notice your employer could sue you for breach of contract but that, in reality, is highly unlikely. They can though give you a very poor reference. You never know when you will need that reference so better to talk to your boss, explain and ask for some flexibility
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