Good morning,
I took on a contract back in July when my previous one had ended, the company I worked at for 2 weeks before leaving as the place was in shambles and I had been misled on the work to take place. On the 23/07 I gave my 2 weeks notice in my contract to the client, misunderstanding that I was meant to give it to the umbrella company. The client then informed me that I could just leave then and there, no discussion about payment of my notice which I assumed would just be paid on my last payment run.
Now the umbrella company have just clocked on (2-3 months later) that I'm not longer working with the client and are stating I didn't follow correct procedure by giving my notice to the client instead of the umbrella company and it is unlikely the notice payment can be made.
I'm considering going to ACAS as I feel a mistake in process is an unfair reason to not pay somebody their notice. But I want to see if anybody else has had similar experience or where I stand legally.
many thanks
I took on a contract back in July when my previous one had ended, the company I worked at for 2 weeks before leaving as the place was in shambles and I had been misled on the work to take place. On the 23/07 I gave my 2 weeks notice in my contract to the client, misunderstanding that I was meant to give it to the umbrella company. The client then informed me that I could just leave then and there, no discussion about payment of my notice which I assumed would just be paid on my last payment run.
Now the umbrella company have just clocked on (2-3 months later) that I'm not longer working with the client and are stating I didn't follow correct procedure by giving my notice to the client instead of the umbrella company and it is unlikely the notice payment can be made.
I'm considering going to ACAS as I feel a mistake in process is an unfair reason to not pay somebody their notice. But I want to see if anybody else has had similar experience or where I stand legally.
many thanks
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