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Post by Gary the Enfield » Fri Aug 01, 2014 12:13 pm

This makes me laugh every time.....

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Post by thebish » Fri Aug 01, 2014 12:13 pm

:-)

(though - prewsumably it should be added that calling a woman a bitch is very bad...)

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Post by Gary the Enfield » Fri Aug 01, 2014 12:19 pm

thebish wrote::-)

(though - prewsumably it should be added that calling a woman a bitch is very bad...)

I think it goes without saying..... :wink:

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Post by thebish » Fri Aug 01, 2014 12:33 pm

Gary the Enfield wrote:
thebish wrote::-)

(though - prewsumably it should be added that calling a woman a bitch is very bad...)

I think it goes without saying..... :wink:
except in very small, tiny writing!

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Post by Beefheart » Fri Aug 01, 2014 12:58 pm

So I'm looking to write a letter of resignation. Just wondering with my 3 months notice period would my last day be 1st November? (Or 31st October as 1st is a Saturday). I realise this may be a stupid question.

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Post by Gary the Enfield » Fri Aug 01, 2014 1:02 pm

Beefheart wrote:So I'm looking to write a letter of resignation. Just wondering with my 3 months notice period would my last day be 1st November? (Or 31st October as 1st is a Saturday). I realise this may be a stupid question.

Makes sense to me.

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Post by Bruce Rioja » Fri Aug 01, 2014 1:15 pm

Now here's a headline for you.

Two Bolton councillors who failed to pay their council tax cannot be named because it will 'cause them distress' and 'infringe their human rights'

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/113 ... man_rights_/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Yet men falsely accused of rape are hung out to dry. :conf:
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Post by bobo the clown » Fri Aug 01, 2014 2:41 pm

Gary the Enfield wrote:
Beefheart wrote:So I'm looking to write a letter of resignation. Just wondering with my 3 months notice period would my last day be 1st November? (Or 31st October as 1st is a Saturday). I realise this may be a stupid question.

Makes sense to me.
It's whatever date you write on it if the Company accept that.

In your case, if you chose to, you can write the "31st" ... & there you have it. You could write "the 1st, with my final day of attendance being the 31st". If that is accepted then, in the unlikely event of something terrible occurring on the 1st, yu woud still be an employee & so pension / death in service etc. still apply.

They'd have every right to say "no, make the resignation date the 31st.".
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Post by bobo the clown » Fri Aug 01, 2014 2:44 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:Now here's a headline for you.

Two Bolton councillors who failed to pay their council tax cannot be named because it will 'cause them distress' and 'infringe their human rights'

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/113 ... man_rights_/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Yet men falsely accused of rape are hung out to dry. :conf:
They should be ousted. Shirley someone can find out who they are ?

Is this a fresh story ? I recall it happening previously.
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Re: General Chit Chat

Post by Beefheart » Fri Aug 01, 2014 2:47 pm

bobo the clown wrote:
Gary the Enfield wrote:
Beefheart wrote:So I'm looking to write a letter of resignation. Just wondering with my 3 months notice period would my last day be 1st November? (Or 31st October as 1st is a Saturday). I realise this may be a stupid question.

Makes sense to me.
It's whatever date you write on it if the Company accept that.

In your case, if you chose to, you can write the "31st" ... & there you have it. You could write "the 1st, with my final day of attendance being the 31st". If that is accepted then, in the unlikely event of something terrible occurring on the 1st, yu woud still be an employee & so pension / death in service etc. still apply.

They'd have every right to say "no, make the resignation date the 31st.".
That's alright then. I'm just trying to time it so I get this years bonus really.

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Post by bobo the clown » Fri Aug 01, 2014 3:03 pm

Beefheart wrote:
bobo the clown wrote:
Gary the Enfield wrote:
Beefheart wrote:So I'm looking to write a letter of resignation. Just wondering with my 3 months notice period would my last day be 1st November? (Or 31st October as 1st is a Saturday). I realise this may be a stupid question.

Makes sense to me.
It's whatever date you write on it if the Company accept that.

In your case, if you chose to, you can write the "31st" ... & there you have it. You could write "the 1st, with my final day of attendance being the 31st". If that is accepted then, in the unlikely event of something terrible occurring on the 1st, yu woud still be an employee & so pension / death in service etc. still apply.

They'd have every right to say "no, make the resignation date the 31st.".
That's alright then. I'm just trying to time it so I get this years bonus really.
That's the spirit.

A contractual requirement to work 3 months notice doesn't prevent you submitting 4 months notice. It's just the minimum that is contractually obliged. They do have the option to suggest an earlier date but that can't then impact on matters which are contractually obliged, that you were happy to meet, but they chose to come inside.

Nor does it prevent you asking to be released earlier ... but they can deny you that.

However, if you pretended that "m****r f****r" are 'just words' they'd be quite entitled to terminate you immediately.

How long have your worked for them ... & have you checked out the bonus details for leavers ?
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Post by Abdoulaye's Twin » Fri Aug 01, 2014 3:06 pm

Beefheart wrote:
bobo the clown wrote:
Gary the Enfield wrote:
Beefheart wrote:So I'm looking to write a letter of resignation. Just wondering with my 3 months notice period would my last day be 1st November? (Or 31st October as 1st is a Saturday). I realise this may be a stupid question.

Makes sense to me.
It's whatever date you write on it if the Company accept that.

In your case, if you chose to, you can write the "31st" ... & there you have it. You could write "the 1st, with my final day of attendance being the 31st". If that is accepted then, in the unlikely event of something terrible occurring on the 1st, yu woud still be an employee & so pension / death in service etc. still apply.

They'd have every right to say "no, make the resignation date the 31st.".
That's alright then. I'm just trying to time it so I get this years bonus really.
Time your notice to whatever date you want. I waited to hand my notice in to time it with the date I wanted to leave and gave them the exact number of days notice. I could have given them more than twice the notice as I knew months before I was moving here, but between HR being a bunch of no nowt eejits and my boss being a knob, I wasn't risking any shenanigans from them.

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Post by Bruce Rioja » Fri Aug 01, 2014 3:35 pm

Twice I've been put on gardening leave when I've handed my notice in. Month off on full pay, Sir? Oh I don't mind if I do. 8)
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Post by Beefheart » Fri Aug 01, 2014 3:54 pm

bobo the clown wrote:
Beefheart wrote:
bobo the clown wrote:
Gary the Enfield wrote:
Beefheart wrote:So I'm looking to write a letter of resignation. Just wondering with my 3 months notice period would my last day be 1st November? (Or 31st October as 1st is a Saturday). I realise this may be a stupid question.

Makes sense to me.
It's whatever date you write on it if the Company accept that.

In your case, if you chose to, you can write the "31st" ... & there you have it. You could write "the 1st, with my final day of attendance being the 31st". If that is accepted then, in the unlikely event of something terrible occurring on the 1st, yu woud still be an employee & so pension / death in service etc. still apply.

They'd have every right to say "no, make the resignation date the 31st.".
That's alright then. I'm just trying to time it so I get this years bonus really.
That's the spirit.

A contractual requirement to work 3 months notice doesn't prevent you submitting 4 months notice. It's just the minimum that is contractually obliged. They do have the option to suggest an earlier date but that can't then impact on matters which are contractually obliged, that you were happy to meet, but they chose to come inside.

Nor does it prevent you asking to be released earlier ... but they can deny you that.

However, if you pretended that "m****r f****r" are 'just words' they'd be quite entitled to terminate you immediately.

How long have your worked for them ... & have you checked out the bonus details for leavers ?
I've worked here 3 and a half years in total. But 2 years continuously.

Just found the bonus details. Not eligible if you are under notice at the date of payment. Piss. There's no way I'm staying that long, maybe they won't notice and I'll still get it.

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Post by bobo the clown » Fri Aug 01, 2014 3:57 pm

Beefheart wrote:
bobo the clown wrote:... have you checked out the bonus details for leavers ?
Just found the bonus details. Not eligible if you are under notice at the date of payment. Piss. There's no way I'm staying that long, maybe they won't notice and I'll still get it.
That's why I asked.

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Post by Beefheart » Fri Aug 01, 2014 3:59 pm

bobo the clown wrote:
Beefheart wrote: ... have you checked out the bonus details for leavers ?
Just found the bonus details. Not eligible if you are under notice at the date of payment. Piss. There's no way I'm staying that long, maybe they won't notice and I'll still get it.
That's why I asked.

Not a cat in hell's they'll forget.[/quote]

Yeah not really. I'll at least have a nice chunk of holiday pay to take with me.

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Post by Prufrock » Fri Aug 01, 2014 4:46 pm

Hmm... check. They changed the law a while back on the rules about paying you in lieu of your holiday, basically to stop shops forcing their staff not to take holiday but to just give them the money extra. I think they still can for stuff like contract endings, but I don't think they have to. I'd check.
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Post by Beefheart » Fri Aug 01, 2014 4:55 pm

Prufrock wrote:Hmm... check. They changed the law a while back on the rules about paying you in lieu of your holiday, basically to stop shops forcing their staff not to take holiday but to just give them the money extra. I think they still can for stuff like contract endings, but I don't think they have to. I'd check.
Well, there's a calculator to work out how much you might be owed on the HR bit of the website. So I'm fairly confident.

Was that the same legislation that said if an employee is paid primarily on commission then their holidays have to be paid at an average daily rate including commission rather than basic salary? I had a client recently who was rather annoyed by that.

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Post by Prufrock » Fri Aug 01, 2014 5:00 pm

Not sure. I have a vague memory of the commission thing being an EU decided case rather than legislation. The not getting holiday pay thing I heard about not from studying but from the in-laws who were having to rejig all their rotas and staff stuff because they couldn't pay staff in lieu.

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Post by Prufrock » Fri Aug 01, 2014 5:03 pm

Exception is for those leaving their job, so you'll be fine. Couldn't be bothered traipsing through the legislation, but is here on gov.uk:

https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement- ... ving-a-job" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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