Notice Period

[msagile2605]

Please help - I was misled about flexible working in the interview. I am only in my second week in my new job. I am contracted to work 37.5 hours, from 9 AM to 5 PM. The leave year starts from April to March, and I have 294 hours of annual leave (AL).

Contract says 8weeks notice but the commute is killing me. Its 2hrs in morning and 2hrs evening therefore the most i can give then is 1week notice. I have been doing three days on site which i am struggling physically mentally financially etc.

I want to hand in a week's notice on Tuesday, 25th June. Therefore, my last day will be, I think, Monday, 1st July. May I ask if I am entitled to AL for the total of three weeks that I will have worked with them? If yes, how many hours/days based on the above AL total hours? Would it be an issue if I handed my one week notice and chose not to go on site until my last day?Should I include this information in my letter of resignation? Is it better to inform my manager (who lied to me and is rude) verbally that I will take the company's equipment on my last day and the one week notice period I have i eill WFH?

Lastly, if I gave one week's notice as mentioned, would my last day be Monday or Tuesday?

Does your contract say 8 weeks before probation ends? That would be very unusual. They probably won't want any notice period.

3/52 of the al allowance. Which is around 17 hours.

Did you not know it was 2 hour commute ?

I imagine they want you out asap if you are only 2 weeks in .

Does your contract not mention a probation period with a shorter notice period?

They do not have to allow you to take annual leave but could pay you for it instead.

Technically, leaving before your full notice period is breach of contract and you could be sued. In reality very, very few companies would bother, especially when you've only been there two weeks. In your shoes, assuming you don't need a reference, I'd just leave.

Yes i knew but i didnt mind one day per week as per interview discussion.

Them wanting me out ASAP even better for me

It does not mention shorter period for employee it mentions shorter period for employer if they dont like employee.

To be honest if they sued me even better as i have communication in writing of what they lied to me.
Just leaving sounds a good idea will see

While the contract explicitly refers to the organization's probation policy, the contract itself specifies 8 weeks while the policy of the organization specifies below - whatever this means

Notice period during probation period For the duration of the probation period, the notice period will be in line with statutory obligations. This applies equally for the organisation giving notice to the member of staff and the member of staff giving notice to the organisation.

I don't know why you think that only applies to them giving notice as it clearly applies to both. You only need to give statutory notice which is 1 week in your case.

I appreciate that it applies both ways - that is very helpful information.

As you mentioned, they probably will not even take notice, which is a positive for me

Thank you - much appreciated