A week's notice of termination - around Easter, is that 4 working days or 5?

[Gym beast]

Example - I give notice on Monday. I expect to be paid a "week", but I must also expect to work a 'week' too.


So, would I...


1) Invoice for and work 4 days, and give my staff pass/laptop back on Thursday before Easter;


OR


2) Invoice and work 5 days, and give my staff pass/laptop back on Wednesday after Easter?

[tractor]

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Example - I give notice on Monday. I expect to be paid a "week", but I must also expect to work a 'week' too.


So, would I...


1) Invoice for and work 4 days, and give my staff pass/laptop back on Thursday before Easter;


OR


2) Invoice and work 5 days, and give my staff pass/laptop back on Wednesday after Easter?

What does your contract say?

• Calendar days?
• Working Days?

If your contract is silent on the matter, you need to discuss with your client not a bunch of randoms on the interweb thingy like me...

[northernladuk]

Negotiate it with your client to find a solution that suits you both best.

Just out of interest isn't giving your notice in on Monday means the period starts Tuesday as Monday won't be counted as a full day?

[thunderlizard]

A couple of things:
(1) "a week", to most reasonable people, can mean "at least a week". So if you take the initiative and say your last working day will be the Wednesday after Easter, I'd be surprised if they pushed back at you.
(2) you are talking about the date on which your contract ends, and if your contract is like most IT contracts, it is a framework agreement saying under what terms any days worked are to be treated/performed/paid. You can't assume that your bum will be required to be in contact with a client's seat, and therefore chargeable, on all of those days. So in theory (and depending on your contract terms) you, or the client, could decide that the number of days actually worked during the notice period is 0.

[GillsMan]

Example - I give notice on Monday. I expect to be paid a "week", but I must also expect to work a 'week' too.

Mutuality of Obligation anyone?

[CheeseSlice]

What does your contract say?

• Calendar days?
• Working Days?

According to the OP it says 'week'. Days don't come into the equation.

edit: sorry slightly unhelpful I know. If it really just says 'week' then to me that is a calendar week (7 consecutive days), and no more.

[tractor]

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According to the OP it says 'week'. Days don't come into the equation.

edit: sorry slightly unhelpful I know. If it really just says 'week' then to me that is a calendar week (7 consecutive days), and no more.

Substitute 'weeks' for 'days' /shrug. The OP talked about invoicing days too. For your assumption to have any bearing the OP would be talking about invoice for a whole week or a part week.

Principle is the same, what is in the contract?, if it is silent then talk to the client.

[Mulder]

Best to discuss with the client.

[BoredBloke]

Negotiate it with your client to find a solution that suits you both best.

Just out of interest isn't giving your notice in on Monday means the period starts Tuesday as Monday won't be counted as a full day?

It didn't at the last place I was at when they decided to cut my contract short. I was served notice at 2pm and they counted that day as being part of the notice period.