I am hoping very soon to be asked to go back to my previous employer and would like to know if I started working for my current employer the last day in October and I have no contract, how much notice I would have to give. Ideally I would like to to leave as soon as I have a written job offer. The reason for this is that my current job is so awful that I have been job-hunting since the day I started working there.
2007-03-21 20:45:14 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
I have never signed a contract.
2007-03-21 23:20:26 · update #1
Have a friendly chat with your current supervisor and sound it out to him/her. Do be discrete and I'm sure the answer will flow.
2007-03-21 20:49:26 · answer #1 · answered by SGElite 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Notice periods are contained within Contract of Employment and must satisfy the statutory minimum set out in Statute.
Where there is no contract, or the contract has not provided for it, the statutory minimum prevails.
The Employment Rights Act 1996 set out the minimum:
1 week for every year of service up to a maximum of 12 weeks.
Therefore, if you started in October last year, you will only need to give 1 weeks notice, in writing, to your employer.
2007-03-22 05:25:59 · answer #2 · answered by hmrhmr1717 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well first you could informally mention that you wish to leave.
Then they may value you and offer a better rate of pay.
If you are doing a mundane job on minimum wage, consider training for a while to get a better job.
If there really is no contract then you can walk away. But don't burn your bridges, as you may be stuck later!
Night classes are free for adults in the UK for English Maths and Computer skills.
This may in the long term help you more.
Also you could consider doing an NVQ whilst employed, to become more skilled or get a sense of purpose.
2007-03-22 03:55:52 · answer #3 · answered by My name's MUD 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LEGALLY you MUST give 4 weeks notice. If you leave before then the employer you are working for can withold any money owed to you since the last pay day AND ask for money back from YOU.
2007-03-22 05:39:37 · answer #4 · answered by k 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As you have no written terms and conditions of employment, the statutory terms apply. Your employer should have given you written terms within 8 weeks of you starting.
As you have been there less than a year, you have to give them a week's notice.
www.acas.gov.uk
2007-03-22 04:22:22 · answer #5 · answered by fengirl2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As you have no contract you don't really need to give notice.Also you don't need a reference as you have worked for the other Employer before so just leave if it's that bad..........
2007-03-22 04:02:39 · answer #6 · answered by Margaret 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In most jobs you need to give 1 month notice to give your employer enough time to find replacement.If the situation is unbearable you can give 24 hour notice.
2007-03-22 03:55:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Technically, without a contract, you don't have to give them any notice.
Usually, if you are monthly paid it is 1 months notice, and weekly paid is 1 weeks notice.
Personally, I would take any holiday owing, and send them a letter during your break, telling them you won't be back (after you have received your pay).
2007-03-22 03:51:42 · answer #8 · answered by wonkyfella 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
when do you get paid? weekly, monthly?
if you get paid monthly give a months notice etc
that's just courteousy though - you could walk out whenever you want (contract or no contract) just consider whether you need a reference from them, because you don't want to leave em in the lurch. if you do need their reference you could always say "I am leaving how much notice would you like me to work?" Then if they say a fortnight that's not so bad.
2007-03-22 03:52:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you get paid weekly it's usually 1 weeks notice.
If you get paid monthly it's usually 1 months notice.
2007-03-22 04:00:22 · answer #10 · answered by DickyNowItAll 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋