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Notice periods beyond the payment cycle are almost unenforceable. Notice periods at all are extremely weak on the employer side. Mostly they protect the employee.Originally posted by Wilmslow View PostNotice period now going to be 12 weeks, making it very difficult to head back to contracting when the time comes.
Given how incredibly hard it is to sack a permie, that's like the Holy Grail of permiedom.Also, changing the contract from 40 hours a week to professional working day...
If you can get all your work done within 40 hours, go home. The slightest hint that you're being discriminated against for not working "enough hours", threaten to resign and saddle 'em with a constructive dismissal suit.
If you can't get all your work done within 40 hours, go home. The slightest hint that you're being discriminated against for not getting your work done, threaten to resign and saddle 'em with a constructive dismissal suit.
All that's required is you keep notes of the work you've actually done.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Me too, 3 months notice followed by 3 month bench.Originally posted by cojak View PostOh FFS,
I left my permie job to go contracting on 12 weeks notice period.
There is no 'point of no return'.
You're either a contractor, or you aren't...Never has a man been heard to say on his death bed that he wishes he'd spent more time in the office.Comment
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<Starts to take notes for Mr C's benefit...>Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostNotice periods beyond the payment cycle are almost unenforceable. Notice periods at all are extremely weak on the employer side. Mostly they protect the employee.
Given how incredibly hard it is to sack a permie, that's like the Holy Grail of permiedom.
If you can get all your work done within 40 hours, go home. The slightest hint that you're being discriminated against for not working "enough hours", threaten to resign and saddle 'em with a constructive dismissal suit.
If you can't get all your work done within 40 hours, go home. The slightest hint that you're being discriminated against for not getting your work done, threaten to resign and saddle 'em with a constructive dismissal suit.
All that's required is you keep notes of the work you've actually done."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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Join a trade union and pay a years fees up front.Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostNotice periods beyond the payment cycle are almost unenforceable. Notice periods at all are extremely weak on the employer side. Mostly they protect the employee.
Given how incredibly hard it is to sack a permie, that's like the Holy Grail of permiedom.
If you can get all your work done within 40 hours, go home. The slightest hint that you're being discriminated against for not working "enough hours", threaten to resign and saddle 'em with a constructive dismissal suit.
If you can't get all your work done within 40 hours, go home. The slightest hint that you're being discriminated against for not getting your work done, threaten to resign and saddle 'em with a constructive dismissal suit.
All that's required is you keep notes of the work you've actually done.
They have the best lawyers on retainer. So you can tell them the constructive dismissal suit, will not cost you anything. I would accept an offer of 6 months pay.
HTHFiscal nomad it's legal.Comment
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