Employer notice period
Discussion
My employer is currently trying to temp staff on to some new T&Cs. (Totally optional by the way - well at the moment it is).
What they have done is put out a sweetener of increasing annual holiday leave by three days, but at the same time they are increasing the notice period and also reducing the sick pay conditions.
This question is purely to ask, is there a legal maximum of how many notice days an employee can reasonably ask for?
This new T&Cs they are floating to people is asking for 12 weeks. I think I’m fairly sure in this economic climate (or any economic climate), a new employer, if you were wanting to move to a new job, would not opt for a candidate that only became available 3 months later. So in effect, the way I see it is that they are trying to tie staff in to the company and are not wanting people the freedom to leave if they see better opportunities. (Not that there are many at the moment it has to be said).
Currently my notice period is one month which is the accepted norm in the UK, but 3 months….blimey!
What they have done is put out a sweetener of increasing annual holiday leave by three days, but at the same time they are increasing the notice period and also reducing the sick pay conditions.
This question is purely to ask, is there a legal maximum of how many notice days an employee can reasonably ask for?
This new T&Cs they are floating to people is asking for 12 weeks. I think I’m fairly sure in this economic climate (or any economic climate), a new employer, if you were wanting to move to a new job, would not opt for a candidate that only became available 3 months later. So in effect, the way I see it is that they are trying to tie staff in to the company and are not wanting people the freedom to leave if they see better opportunities. (Not that there are many at the moment it has to be said).
Currently my notice period is one month which is the accepted norm in the UK, but 3 months….blimey!
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