Zero hours contract advice

[coneywonder]

Hi,

I am a part time swimming teacher and I am thinking of leaving the company I work for, it states in my contract i have to work 12 weeks notice period. I was under the impression that if you had a zero hours contract you didn't need to give notice?

The reason for it is contiunity for the children until end of term, has anyone got any advice?

Thanks in advance

If it’s a genuinely zero hours contract and you are a casual worker and are therefore free to refuse any offers of work at any time, you just give 12 weeks’ notice to terminate the contract and decline any offers of work you don’t wish to take up during that time.

Let me guess- you have regular hours but are employed on zero hours contract. Very wrong in my opinion!

I don't know where you are located, but in my part of the UK the end of term is Easter, so about 5 weeks away. If the idea is to give continuity for the kids, I'd say in my resignation letter that my contractual notice period is 12 weeks but working until Easter would meet the kids' needs and therefore my last lesson will be on Maundy Thursday or whenever.

If you are genuinely on a zero hours contract you could walk out tomorrow couldn't you?

Yeah your right. I could do. I do plan on saying i will work until the end of term.