Hello - I was wondering if anyone could help or if there was anything I can do about a situation at work.
I have been working for my employer for under 2 year (so know my rights are limited). I wish to set up my own business doing the same thing but in a completely different location (so would not be in competition). When handing in my notice I was upfront with my employer who wished me the best, said they would pass some work my way to get me started and seemed very supportive if a little sad that I was leaving.
The problem I have is that I have a very long notice period (much longer than another employee) so I asked that I be able to start my new company while working the second half of my notice. My boss verbally agreed to this but when I asked them to sign a document saying they agreed to the variation of my contract they have avoided me and now wont answer my calls.
I know that they have no obligation to agree but I wish they would have just said no rather than avoiding me completely. I don't want to be in breach of my contract which is why I wanted written confirmation of the verbal agreement - as it was verbally agreed is there anything I can do?
Thank you