If i dont work my notice..

You might get sued for not working notice. I've even been counter-sued for leaving when I was clearly given no written notice and told to hand my keys in (not to mention my pay being withheld).
 
read your contract, if you are required to give notice and then don't you may well lose out. In the same way that they could need to pay you in lieu of notice in certain circumstances.
 
Heres a thought (get ready this will blow you away).








































You could always talk to your boss about it, and see if he/she will allow you to leave now so you can start your new job on Monday, and what he/she would do pay wise, amazing eh, told yer it would blow u away. :p
 
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Go in and work and ask them if you can leave early, even if you still work another week or so. It's easier to take the moral high ground later in life if you haven't flaunted it early on :)
 
Its a non starter on the pay, not going to fly. Was already told there is nothing extra more available. And even at that, its about working conditions that just are not going to change. Il ring my boss today, see what she has to say if i say i can start my job on monday.

If she says no your working your notice i guess i can just say no im going, but at least i gave the chance to leave on half decent terms
 
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You should speak to your manager about it. I left my job at the start of the year, and even though I was supposed to give a minimum of 4 weeks notice, we managed to arrange it so I only worked another 2 weeks, and I think I took one of them as a holiday.
 
Technically they can't withhold your pay but in reality they could make it difficult for you and take longer than necessary to pay you.
 
Well, im going to ring the CAB in a few minutes to have some legal advice first then ring my line boss, or the HR department at work. Will update as soon as i know. I guess they cant actually deny me the pay, but they can make it rather hard for me to chase probably taking a few months to surface.
 
AFAIK if you don't serve your notice you are in breach of contract, and therefore other things in that contract (like them having to pay you) are void. Therefore if you leave (again afaik) they don't have to pay you *anything*.
 
Legally you have to work your notice, unless your current employer lets you off, or you will be in breach of contract.

Upon breaching your contract, not only can you be sued, but your employer doesn't have to honour their end of it.
 
platypus said:
Legally you have to work your notice, unless your current employer lets you off, or you will be in breach of contract.

Upon breaching your contract, not only can you be sued, but your employer doesn't have to honour their end of it.
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they can only sue for any financial loss as a result of the breach and they would have to honour it up to the point of the breach (i.e. the 2 weeks pay) if it were the other way round and they'd fired him for say gross misconduct (another breach of contract) they'd still have to pay him the 2 weeks

although all that into account, most contracts are barely worth the paper they're written on, especially when it comes to notice periods etc/monies owed
chances are they wont make it any more difficult than just paying you for the time you're owed
 
i-resign.com said:
Strictly speaking, you are normally expected to work through your notice before leaving the company. However, in many cases, either you or your employer will want to cut short the notice period so that you can leave more quickly.

From your standpoint, once you've given notice you may be so excited that you want to join your new company as quickly as possible. Alternatively, you may detect some resentment toward you and feel that it is better to complete the handover process immediately so that you can go.

Conversely, your employer may not see you as a team player any longer or in certain situations, feel that it may affect the morale of the remaining staff if you stay. In this scenario, you will soon be asked to leave the office more quickly.

Regarding salary, the general (although by no means universal) rule is that if you ask your employer if you can leave before your notice is up, you should not expect to get paid for the part of your notice you don't serve. It follows that where your employer asks you to expedite your departure, they would have to pay you for the full notice period. Remember though, that this is a general rule only and you will have to refer to your own contract to confirm this.
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