Do i have to work my notice?

Hello

Technically Yes.You have signed a contract.

Most companies you have to give 1 weeks notice for every year you have worked for them.

As you do not say how long you have worked there ? If less than 4 years check your contract to see if you are on a week for every year notice. So check if you are required to give 4 weeks notice. They have to keep to what is in the contract the same as you do.

If you do. The first question would be can you find B & B for the 4 weeks or a 1 month let. so you can work out the 4 weeks. Or would they let you start later, Finish later. To help you to work out your contract. This notice time is so they can find a replacement for you when you leave. You could ask if they would let you leave early if they found a replacement quickly.

I had a similar one where I worked for a security company for 7 1/2 years and was offered a better paid job by a company 3 1/2 hours away. The interview was on a Monday but I only got the job if I was able to start a week later.

I phoned and informed the security company from where I had the interview to give the security company as much notice as possible that I was finishing my day shift on the Sunday and moving to the new job over night. So they knew I was going and when.

I had 2 weeks holiday not taken. I didn't get that money at all or the last weeks pay. So apart from that there was not a lot they could do. If you are paid monthly leave just after you get paid so you lose the least money.

Your problem is going to be when you apply for jobs and you need a reference from them. They can't give you a bad one but they can refuse to give you one without giving a reason.

Andy C

Hello Minx_xxx

So you are using the excuse of driving over dangerous ice for not working your notice period despite the fact that currently there is no ice on the roads in UK and so you are in no danger at all. Even if you were, there are millions of motorists driving slowly over the ice and they are not all dead or in hospital.

Lets get to the point, you don't want to work off your notice period and want to know where you stand. Legally the company can't do anything about it, they can't even withhold your last wages if you don't work your notice period.

However the company will hold back on giving you a good reference because you did a dirty on them and now they will do a dirty on you, so any future jobs you apply for, you can safely assume you will get a bad reference or no reference from this company that you left in such a hurry.

That is life, sorry but you have to do the right thing when you leave if you want them to do the right thing too.

Find another place closer to where you work.

Your job has no control over where you live so the reasons you have for living over an hour and a half away are totally irrelevant. I realize that you've run back home to live off of mummy again, but you still need to be a grown up and you need to deal with this as an adult.

You need to work your notice - otherwise you will be classed as making yourself deliberately unemployed which could affect your benefits rights and your chances of getting another job. Its only 4 weeks - is there anyone you work with who would accept you as a lodger for a few weeks? Or a cheap local B&B that you could stay at? Small B&Bs charge as little as £20 per night which is actually cheaper than rent in some places, so that would be my choice if none of my work colleagues could give me a room.

I don't think that you can be taken to court or anything for leaving early (might be wrong there so don't quote me) but if you do disappear then you can't expect your boss to pay you for that month or give you a reference for your next job.Also, if you get on well at work and enjoy the job which you do then it's always a good idea to leave on good terms so that you can go back again should the need or want arise. Have you had all the sick leave to which you're entitled? It's getting chilly and there might be 'a bug going around'!!

What about if the boot was on the other foot and they kicked you out without giving notice?

Wouldn't like that much, would you?

It's only four weeks, just get on with it!