This may sound like a very silly question, but I’ll ask anyway!

Is it acceptable for one to hand in their notice (4 week notice period) at the start of the week and say that they wish to leave after 4 weeks? Whether it is sudden or not, the employee has fulfilled their contractual obligation.

The way I see it - if you’ve got a 4 week notice period, and you give your notice in at a given point in time, your notice period ends 672 hours from the moment you handed in your resignation.

Hmm, I’d be inclined to think that is a little off. Because if you hand your resignation in on a Monday and give four weeks notice from that moment, then you’re last day should really be a Monday. In my opinion.

The time before last that I resigned, I only had to give one week’s notice and counted it from the Friday I handed in my resignation to the end of business the following Friday.  Which is really one week plus a few hours. I saw that as better than one week less a few hours, which is what you’d be effectively doing.  Having said that, I doubt many people would be all that bothered if you resigned first thing on a Monday morning.

I see your point, but is a day really going to make much difference?! What would be the point in them saying “well, you will need to work the Monday then”. I’ll be owed about 7 days so would rather just use one of those if that was the case!

Hi all,

In my opinion, please say your last day as Monday rather than Friday.

As if you paid on monthly basis and finish on Friday you get paid till Friday and
you will start your work on Monday you won’t get paid for saturday and sunday.

I worked in payroll departmen.

Think about it.

Kindhart

kindhart - July 19 2009 09:44 AM

Hi all,

In my opinion, please say your last day as Monday rather than Friday.

As if you paid on monthly basis and finish on Friday you get paid till Friday and
you will start your work on Monday you won’t get paid for saturday and sunday.

I worked in payroll departmen.

Think about it.

Kindhart

Duh, I never thought of that! I will try but they’ll probably catch on to that (they are accountants, after all) and say to go on the Friday. Also, the two days will only yield £55 after tax and I’ll have to pay an extra 2 days rent (£23) so there will not be much difference anyway.