Work sacked him during his notice period

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So my husband gave his 4 week notice to his employment 10 days ago, it annoyed his boss tbh but they treat their staff like crap.
anyway he got pulled into work today and told to go spend time with his family before he starts his new job, got given a letter of end date of employment dated today and his services are not required during his notice period, employment ended with immediate effect.
you will receive payment in lieu of your contractual notice period including holiday leave will be paid.
he starts his new job end of November. Does this mean they've pretty much sacked him so they don't need to pay the notice period?

first time an employers done this to him, he's given 110% to this job to so we're annoyed

It sounds the opposite to me, they’re planning to pay him the notice period but he doesn’t have to work - win, surely?

He’s being paid for his notice period. Isn’t this what they call ‘gardening leave’?

Erm basically sounds like gardening leave to me. He'll get his notice period pay and holiday pay - and he doesn't have to work the remainder of the four weeks.

What's his contractual notice period? 2 or 4 weeks?

He’s been put on gardening leave
so he gets paid and he doesn’t have to go to work
Surley that’s a positive

Its called gardening leave and its very, very common, and a massive win for your DH.

He gets paid, he doesn't have to work, during his notice. It's not being sacked. He should enjoy his paid break.

It's PILON (pay in lieu of notice), not gardening leave. With GL you're still under contract to your employer and could, in theory, be asked to attend work. What they're suggesting is he'll still get paid for the full notice period, but his contract will be ended and he won't be considered an employee any more.

Do not be annoyed - start lining up a jobs list, because someone is getting paid not to go to work!

It’s even better than gardening leave, he’s getting paid his full notice but being released from his contract early, so he can either have 2 weeks off or contact his new employer and start sooner!

It's not garden leave,because his employment has ended; garden leave is when your employer exercises a contractual right not to give you anything to do, but you remain an employee. He has been paid in lieu of notice.

This means he can either take the time off, or if he's really keen, approach his new job and see if they would like him to start sooner.

It’s a good outcome, he gets paid the same as he would have done, but without needing to go to work.

I’d be delighted if I was him, he gets paid, time off and is in gardening leave, he’s not been fired, he already resigned.

Sorry missed the bit about his contact termination - PILON then. Either way it's a good deal, I would be thrilled if I were him!

Sounds like PILON, I would be delighted if I was him.
A paid break before starting his new job.

"you will receive payment in lieu of your contractual notice period including holiday leave will be paid."

It's right there!

This is very common in many industries and your log in etc no longer work. I am not sure what you are upset about. He is not down money. By the sounds of things he was not happy there so it sounds like a win win.

He has not been sacked.

Seems fine to me. A lot of employers don't want employees around once they have handed in their notice for all sorts of sensible reasons

No he's not been fired. They just dont want him to go into work.
He should enjoy this unexpected break.

Great outcome. Lucky bloke.

Nope, not sacked.

He's been given gardening leave, the lucky fucker.

Depends what the contractual notice period is surely? If it’s a week then he is paid for a week only (plus any holiday entitlement). If it’s 4 weeks then fantastic!

This is a good thing 😂

Sounds like gardening leave - basically he will get paid for the whole of his remaining notice period, but doesn’t actually have to work it. It’s the dream!

Lucky fella!