'Serving' your notice

Nedbroy · 18-09-2011 12:06pm #1

If you were to hear that you have to 'serve your notice' before a certain date for example - would you take it to mean hand in your notice, or to have worked your notice?
Would just like to know how most people would interpret it please

orchidsrpretty · 18-09-2011 12:12pm

I would take it as having worked your notice.

Mr. Loverman · 18-09-2011 2:56pm

Could you give us a bit more context?

Mrs OBumble · 18-09-2011 4:35pm

OP, I don't think the common interpretation matters much. What matters is the legal definition, and you need to talk to a lawyer about that. We cannot give you legal advice here.

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_Kaiser_ · 18-09-2011 7:29pm

I'd take it as having to notify your employer of your intention to leave myself.

In the same way as you can be "served" with court papers etc

Max Power1 · 19-09-2011 3:13pm

To serve notice means to hand in the notice.

andy2die4 · 19-09-2011 10:21pm

When you are leaving a full time job, to give "notice" of when you are leaving is time at work (eg; a week or two) so you can finish any job you were in the middle of or to train in your replacement, that time you are "serving your notice". This is set up to help the Employer. To help the Employee, if you are been let go from a full time job, you have to be given "notice" (eg; a week or two) so you have time to get your self together and get another job. Most of the time the employer will pay you your "notice" just so you dont spread desent in the rest of the workforce.

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