Handing in your notice

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1. Your employment contract

If you want to leave your job, check your employment contract to find out your employer바카라 사이트™s policy on handing in notice.

There are rules about:

2. Giving notice

You must give at least a week바카라 사이트™s notice if you바카라 사이트™ve been in your job for more than a month.

Your contract will tell you whether you need to give notice in writing - otherwise you can do it verbally.

Give written notice if you think you바카라 사이트™ll need to refer to it later, for example at an employment tribunal.

You may be in breach of your contract if you don바카라 사이트™t give enough notice, or give notice verbally when it should be given in writing. Your employer could take you to court.

Your notice period usually runs from the start of the day after you handed your notice in.

If you change your mind

If you resign in the 바카라 사이트˜heat of the moment바카라 사이트™ (eg during an argument) and you change your mind, you should tell your employer immediately. They can choose to accept your resignation or not.

Get free advice from Acas

Call the Acas helpline to get advice about handing in your notice and pay rights.

3. Payment during your notice period

You바카라 사이트™re entitled to your normal pay rate during your notice period, including when you바카라 사이트™re:

  • off sick
  • on holiday
  • temporarily laid off
  • on maternity, paternity or adoption leave
  • available to work, even if your employer has nothing for you to do

바카라 사이트˜Payment in lieu바카라 사이트™ of notice period

Your employer can ask you to leave immediately after handing in your notice.

If they do, they바카라 사이트™ll probably offer you a one-off payment instead of allowing you to work out your notice period - called 바카라 사이트˜payment in lieu바카라 사이트™.

You can only get payment in lieu if it바카라 사이트™s in your contract, or if you agree to it. If you don바카라 사이트™t agree to it, you can work out your notice period.

Disputes over notice pay

If you can바카라 사이트™t resolve a dispute about notice pay with your employer informally, you can follow your company바카라 사이트™s grievance procedures.

If this doesn바카라 사이트™t work, you may be able to make a complaint to an employment tribunal for breach of contract.

4. Gardening leave

Your employer may ask you not to come into work, or to work at home or another location during your notice period. This is called 바카라 사이트˜gardening leave바카라 사이트™.

You바카라 사이트™ll get the same pay and contractual benefits.

5. Restrictive covenants

There may be terms in your contract that says you can바카라 사이트™t work for a competitor or have contact with customers for a period of time after you leave the company.

These are called 바카라 사이트˜restrictive covenants바카라 사이트™.

Your company could take you to court if you breach the restrictive covenants in your contract.