Notice Advice

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Just been officially offered a job I was conditionally offered about 3 weeks ago. We have agreed a start date of 19th April which is the Tuesday after Easter Monday.

I have to give 2 months notice at my job. Does anyone know if it's possible to give notice to terminate employment on 18th April? I get bank holidays off so don't want to seem a CF but surely it will impact my pay if my last working day is Thursday 14th April?

I can't start new job before that as I have a few days of AL booked over both weeks of the Easter holidays so I asked if we could start after to make smoother induction which they were in agreement with.

Any help appreciated

You should make sure you get paid for your bank holidays.

You can put in your leaving letter the date you wish your employment to terminate

Just tell them the date in your leaving letter.

My company is like 9 weeks notice if you've been there so long.
No one does it, they do 4 weeks. Never been raised tbh

Yes you can make your last day of work a bank holiday. Good luck in your new job!

Thank you that puts my mind at rest!

Can I also check does 7 days AL sound right for my entitlement from 1st Jan up until 18th April? My holiday year ends 31st Dec.

I'm not sure if HR will confirm after I give my notice in or not so want to make sure I have all I'm owed.

Thanks

What is your annual leave entitlement?

Sorry should have added that, 25 days plus bank holidays.

I make it 7.3, most places would round up to 7.5.

@Asiama thank you 😊

HMRC calculator gives 8.3 days inclusive of bank holidays & is only based on the statutory 28 days.

As you get 25 days plus bank holidays you would have more than this.

@JenniferWooley you are correct in the strictest sense. So actually the OP's leave entitlement would be around 10.3 days, of which she will have taken at least 3 (Good Friday, Easter Monday, and I'm going to assume she had 3 Jan off - assuming she's in England).

Where a contract states x days plus bank holidays, you only get the bank holiday entitlement if you are employed at the time that the bank holiday takes place. So the OP will get 25 days annual leave pro-rated for her time there, as well as having the bank holidays on top.

I have also made the assumption that she works full time at a place that closes for bank holidays, and usually at these companies it's common to express annual leave entitlement as excluding bank holidays - which gives her 7.3.

Writing this out has made me realise I have made a lot of assumptions so I'm sorry if I have assumed incorrectly!

@Asiama you are absolutely correct on all points 👍🏼

Another question also popped into my head! Can you tell I'm a worrier 🙈

When to give the notice? Do I hand it on 18th Feb giving exactly 2 months or before in the hope they will appreciate over 2 months notice and not letting me go at the 2 months from handing in, potentially leaving me without pay for a few weeks?

I would do it ASAP

They can't ask you to leave earlier just because you gave notice earlier. Notice is the minimum amount of time you need to give, so you can give more if you want. A technicality (again, which in reality I don't think anyone actually observes) - notice actually starts the day after you give it so the latest day you need to give it is 17 Feb.

I think there are pros and cons to giving early notice. If you are hoping they will counter offer with a better offer then you could give them more notice so that they have time to put something together. In my experience the notice period can be a miserable time as I found my manager's attitude towards me changed, so I gave the minimum notice needed so that I only have to put up with it for the minimum time.

I'm back again. Having a bit of a wobble about handing in the notice. I think I should do it this week, for my last day of employment to be 18th April which is the BH Monday Easter.

They definitely can't tell me I have to leave 2 months from giving the notice in?

I understand, I have always felt nervous when I have resigned!

You have to resign latest 17 Feb. You can give more notice if you want to. They can ask you to leave earlier (in the sense that they could ask you anything as it's just a question) but they can't make you.

Is there something in particular you are concerned about? The only exception I can think of is that if you had less than 2 years' service then you have little protection in employment law, so they could provide counter notice for the 2 months to start straight away and you would have no recourse. But that does seem rather extreme.

From personal experience I would give notice as late as possible. Good luck!