Leaving job

Mitzy

Looking for a bit of advice here. I'm going to be handing my notice in my current job next week, giving 1 months notice. As I am in sales I expect that I will be told to leave immediately.
Does my current employer have to pay me for the month even though I will more than likely have to leave the office next week?

Any advice would be greatly apprectiated.

feylya

Should be stated in your contract that the notice is 4 weeks from either party but that your employer can choose to pay you the 4 weeks.

Mitzy

feylya wrote:

Should be stated in your contract that the notice is 4 weeks from either party but that your employer can choose to pay you the 4 weeks.

I don't actually have a contract (I work for a very small company). If I am giving that much notice is he obliged to pay me?

Borzoi

Mitzy wrote:

I don't actually have a contract (I work for a very small company). If I am giving that much notice is he obliged to pay me?

In essence: Yes. Handing in your notice, is informing your employer of your intention to quit, hence the term. You have exactly the same employment rights during any notice period as you did before hand. If they want you out earlier, they have to pay you off, otherwise it's the courts etc

Raytown Rocks

Mitzy wrote:

Looking for a bit of advice here. I'm going to be handing my notice in my current job next week, giving 1 months notice. As I am in sales I expect that I will be told to leave immediately.
Does my current employer have to pay me for the month even though I will more than likely have to leave the office next week?

Any advice would be greatly apprectiated.

Any of the Sales guys where I work that have handed in notice of 1 month were usually asked to leave within the next day or 2, especially if going to a competitor or some other company in the same field. It was known as " gardening leave", and the company had to pay for this time off, as the employee is willing and able to work but the company requests they dont.

blah

chef wrote:

Any of the Sales guys where I work that have handed in notice of 1 month were usually asked to leave within the next day or 2, especially if going to a competitor or some other company in the same field. It was known as " gardening leave", and the company had to pay for this time off, as the employee is willing and able to work but the company requests they dont.

I've heard that term before. What's the logic behind telling a sales person to go early. Because they're no longer motivated?

Mitzy

blah wrote:

I've heard that term before. What's the logic behind telling a sales person to go early. Because they're no longer motivated?

It's just in case you steal a load of their clients.
Thank a mill for your help guys - fingers crossed that he does pay up!

the_syco

blah wrote:

I've heard that term before. What's the logic behind telling a sales person to go early. Because they're no longer motivated?

As Mitzy has said, it's to ensure that you don't doom the place to hell in your last month, telling everybody that calls that your product is sh|te, but to call X company (whom just happens to be your new company), as they offer a better package.

It's not so much as a question of trust, it's a question of "can we risk this guy costing us a month of sales?", and so it's cheaper to sent you out to pasture.

keefg

chef wrote:

Any of the Sales guys where I work that have handed in notice of 1 month were usually asked to leave within the next day or 2, especially if going to a competitor or some other company in the same field. It was known as " gardening leave", and the company had to pay for this time off, as the employee is willing and able to work but the company requests they dont.

I remember something about "garden leave" at a HR training session I went to last year, that even though you have given a months notice & your existing employer tells you to go after a day or two - you cannot go and work for your new boss immediately.

The reason for this is that as your old employer has paid you up to the end of the month, you technically still work for them and they reserve the right to call you back into work if necassary (to sort out a problem etc). Thus you must stay at home available for work until the end of the period you have been paid for - hence the name "Garden Leave", the only thing you can work on is your garden.

Not sure how much this is enforced but if your old boss wants to delay your start with a competitor then who knows??