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Handing in my notice

  • 28-07-2009 4:38pm
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 260 ✭✭


    I've been working for the last 5years in my current job, I've no contract, the company is only small, myself another engineer and the 2 owners.
    I'm planning to go traveling from the 16th of October so was going to hand in my notice for the 8th of October this friday, when a thought came into my head, What if I hand in my notice for the 8th of October and my boss tells me I can go at the end of the week, Does he have to pay me till the date I have given him? Should I hold off and only give 2weeks notice?
    Very confused about what to do now:confused:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,472 ✭✭✭Sposs


    its a small company , give the owners as much notice as you can , so they can have someone ready to replace you when you leave , they'll appreciate it alot more. I don't see a reason as to why they wouldn't pay you up until the time you leave.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 260 ✭✭cynos


    Well 1st up they'll have to give my car to the new employee and they may see me being an extra expense if they get someone new immediately rather than asking the new employee to wait around 2 months for me to finish


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,472 ✭✭✭Sposs


    They won't hire your replacement straight away , but by giving them notice , they can start thinking about it , TBH your over analzying it , they'll be alot more pissed off with only two weeks notice and your gone.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,637 ✭✭✭brightspark


    If you're there longer than 5 yrs you will need to give 4 weeks notice

    http://www.erb.ie/eng/erb_employers_research_bureau/sections/employment_legislation/minimum_notice_and_terms_of_employment_acts


    ( I wouldn't give any more notice than required as you never know what might happen in the meantime to change your mind!!)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,315 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    cynos wrote: »
    I'm planning to go traveling
    How long will you be traveling for? A year, a few months, what?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,562 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    If you're there longer than 5 yrs you will need to give 4 weeks notice
    If you double-check the page you linked you'll see that the four weeks is only the entitlement of the employee, not the employer. In the absence of a formal stipulation in a contract the employer is only entitled to statutory minimum notice of one week. The OP will be entitled to either two or four weeks notice depending on whether they've done a full five years and their employer will only be entitled to one week.

    If I were in the OPs position (and the company were relatively trustworthy), I'd try to give four weeks notice that I was entitled to. I came across one thread a while back where the poster tried their best to give their company a lot of notice (10 weeks I think) and were told to finish up in four weeks when they did. I'd also need to factor in the fact that I'm quite likely to need a reference from them at some stage. That said, unless you're sure they definitely won't let you go don't give notice too early.

    It's also worth remembering that if you're going travelling you won't exactly be in a position to pursue the company for money so you need to be a little more careful than usual.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,637 ✭✭✭brightspark


    Thanks Leeroy,

    I always thought that the notice periods were equal for both sides, as you say more careful reading of the act reveals you are correct


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,193 ✭✭✭[Jackass]


    cynos wrote: »
    I've been working for the last 5years in my current job, I've no contract, the company is only small, myself another engineer and the 2 owners.
    I'm planning to go traveling from the 16th of October so was going to hand in my notice for the 8th of October this friday, when a thought came into my head, What if I hand in my notice for the 8th of October and my boss tells me I can go at the end of the week, Does he have to pay me till the date I have given him? Should I hold off and only give 2weeks notice?
    Very confused about what to do now:confused:

    A word of warning my friend, my cousin worked in a small recruitment place and decided to go travelling and thought he'd do the right thing and give them about 2 or 3 months notice so they had lots of time to prepare...a week later he was unemployed and working here and there in his old job in a bar, saving up a lot less cash than he had anticipated.

    If you don't think you'll be going back to the company in the future, I'd give them 4 weeks notice, which is pretty standard accross the board as the general notice period.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 260 ✭✭cynos


    Thanks for all the advice, Think i'll give them 4-6weeks, just incase
    the_syco wrote: »
    How long will you be traveling for? A year, a few months, what?
    A year


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,265 ✭✭✭RangeR


    [Jackass] wrote: »
    my cousin worked in a small recruitment place

    That was his problem right there.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,263 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    [Jackass] wrote: »
    A word of warning my friend, my cousin worked in a small recruitment place and decided to go travelling and thought he'd do the right thing and give them about 2 or 3 months notice so they had lots of time to prepare...a week later he was unemployed and working here and there in his old job in a bar, saving up a lot less cash than he had anticipated.

    If you don't think you'll be going back to the company in the future, I'd give them 4 weeks notice, which is pretty standard accross the board as the general notice period.

    If the employee is entitled to 4 weeks notice, then would they not have to put him on garden leave if they wanted him out any sooner?


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