Notice period - worried about being fobbed off

[SuperPixie247]

I am just looking for advice on my notice period. I think it is 4 weeks but I think my company will try to only pay me for 1 week.

I started as a temp in August and was hired as a permanent member of staff in November.

I received an employment contract when I was temp but I didn't recieve an updated one when I was taken on permanently.

I work in HR and had a look at my own file which has a 4 week notice period on.

I know the simple answer is to ask but I am not in work at the moment. I am on sick due to being an inpatient.

Can anyone advise? Or perhaps give some advice on how to word it in my resignation letter so they know I am going for the full 4 weeks.

Thank you.

What does the contract you have received actually say?

You can give more than the required notice, so you could give (eg) 8 weeks if you wanted to. Just make sure you specify the date your employment will end.

If they want to pay you less notice they’ll have to sack you. What notice does your contract say they have to give you?

If you think they want you gone, why would they not have sacked you anyway?

Silly question maybe, but if you ask and they say it's one week, rather than try to argue it, why not just wait three weeks then resign and get one week's paid notice? Or is it some kind of PILON/gardening leave situation?

I'd email or text your manager to ask, have you got a copy/screenshot of your file where it says 4 weeks? If so and they say 1 week then send that across to them to show it should be 4?

Hope you feel better soon!

I would simply write:

I hereby give my 4 week notice, with my last working day being xxx

Then leave it up to them to come back and query the notice length if they think they should

If you contract states 4 weeks, they can’t pay you one week!! And you work in HR?

”If you contract states 4 weeks, they can’t pay you one week!! And you work in HR?”

Of course they can. If they are only required to give her a week’s notice in the event of a dismissal they could just do that at the point she resigns. Easy. (And that’s leaving aside the fact that I’m not convinced the OP’s contract says 4 weeks anyway.)