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Employment contracts - binding if not signed? |
I've been working for a company for the past 4 years - and now want to move on. When I joined I signed a 1 year probationary contract that asked to give the company 4 weeks notice if I wanted to terminate my employment with them. After the probationary period I received another contract through the post - with a 3 month notice period and an acknowledgment receipt for me to sign and return to show I agree with the new terms. For one reason or another I never got around to signing and returning. I now want to move jobs - do I need to give 4 weeks notice or 12 weeks notice, due the fact that I've continued to work for the company thereby assuming agreement with the new terms. It's 3 months notice. Your continuing to work there means you accepted the conditions in the contract. Technically speaking, you don't need to give any notice - however, if you want to leave on good terms, I would make your manager aware that you are willing to give 3 months notice - never burn your bridges. If you have already got something lined up, give as much notice as you can but stress if you could have, you would have given 3 months. I'm a boss........ I would say it's the 12 weeks because once you continued to work you accepted the contract but you could be ignorant and get away with the 4 weeks notice because it was the company's failure not to keep on you and make sure their paper work was in order. Good luck! where I work people normally have to give 2 months notice but that never happens most people only give 2 weeks notice the company is fine with that. ask them if you can work less notice. Well find out what they can do to you if you give two weeks notice, you can always walk out, but make sure you have another job. On the basis of probability you would have signed the contract.But a technicality exists with you not signing the contract.Get advise from a solicitor,normally the first session is free |
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