Notice Period Question

[speedchick]

Am I right in thinking that a notice period starts the day after you hand your notice in? IE if it's a week and you hand it on on the Thursday then its starts on the Friday and you finish the following Friday?

I'm just a little confused.

Many thanks

[speedchick]

Contract says one week.

[speedchick]

Well I handed it in approimately half way through my shift yesterday had to wait for the assistant manager to come in. I had stated that I was expecting to finish next Friday.

Spoke to the branch manager today and because of the other staffing problems, she did ask if I could do the shift that I was rota'd to do next Saturday for her and then come in on the Sunday to hand my keys in etc (as I would be closing up) as it was her, and she is not the reason I am leaving, I agreed to, as I really don't want to make things any more difficult for her.

Anyway, it gets me an extra days pay

Thanks everyone for the comments, they are appreciated as this is not something I have ever actually done before