Notice period question

[Puggit]

I was made redundant on Thursday 7th Dec (at 15.30 if that makes a difference). My notice period is 2 weeks.

When should my last day at work be? Weds 20th or Thurs 21st?

As the company has been particularly miserly and not paid me more than the legal minimum, I want to ensure they don't even get to scrimp on a single day.

Thanks!

[NDA]

I would have thought the 21st.

You could be ill that day. There's a lot of it about.

[billbring]

Or be ill for the full two weeks.
It's beyond me why a company would want redundant workers hanging around anyway.

[Puggit]

Im on gardening leave, so working is irrelevant.

Just don't want the penny pinching gits to get away with it.

[Ozone]

Sorry to hear this Puggit. I was in a similar situation a few years ago, if you are customer facing, ask for gardening leave as why would the company want a disgruntled employee talking to customers.
Or alternatively, go off ill with stress.
Good luck with everything.

Edit - just saw you're on gardening leave - good start, get you CV ready for the New Year

Edited by Ozone on Saturday 9th December 10:13

[Jordie Barretts sock]

If you're on gardening leave, it doesn't matter does it? You aren't doing any work.

If you have any company property, tell them to come and get it.

[Puggit]

Jordie Barretts sock said:

If you're on gardening leave, it doesn't matter does it? You aren't doing any work.

If you have any company property, tell them to come and get it.

They've paid me the minimum possible redundancy and it's cheesed me off royally. It's a question of money, not my time

I will have worked 2 years 11 months and 21 days by my final day. They are paying 2 weeks notice and 3 weeks statuary pay. I also worked 3 months as a contractor before I joined.

Royally annoyed.

Edited by Puggit on Saturday 9th December 10:40

[Puggit]

Ozone said:

Edit - just saw you're on gardening leave - good start, get you CV ready for the New Year

Amusingly I was approached last week... nothing certain yet but very hopeful I'll be starting something in first week of Jan

[Jordie Barretts sock]

Puggit said:

Jordie Barretts sock said:

If you're on gardening leave, it doesn't matter does it? You aren't doing any work.

If you have any company property, tell them to come and get it.

They've paid me the minimum possible redundancy and it's cheesed me off royally. It's a question of money, not my time

I will have worked 2 years 11 months and 21 days by my final day. They are paying 2 weeks notice and 3 weeks statuary pay. I also worked 3 months as a contractor before I joined.

Royally annoyed.

Edited by Puggit on Saturday 9th December 10:40

I get that you're annoyed. But why do you think you should be paid any more?

[Puggit]

Legally the only extra money I should be paid is fhe correct notice period. As they seem to have got that wrong I need to go after it.

[cossy400]

I know its probably principle but how much cash is involved for this one day, when you work out the time it ll take you to raise it with them?

Move along and enjoy gardening leave and the holidays, and throw your time in to other leads.

[paddy1970]

Puggit said:

I was made redundant on Thursday 7th Dec (at 15.30 if that makes a difference). My notice period is 2 weeks.

When should my last day at work be? Weds 20th or Thurs 21st?

As the company has been particularly miserly and not paid me more than the legal minimum, I want to ensure they don't even get to scrimp on a single day.

Thanks!

If your notice period is two weeks and it started on Thursday, 7th December at 15:30, your last day at work should be Thursday, 21st December. This is because the notice period includes the day on which the notice is given, making the 21st the last day of the two-week period.

[Tony1963]

Most companies seem to only pay the minimum now. I've known quite a few on six figure salaries to only get that after being with a company for over ten years. Things seemed to change somewhere in the mid-noughties when previously quite often people would get one month's pay per year of employment, plus gardening leave, with the redundancy limited to £30k for tax reasons.
That £30k tax threshold is still the same!

[Puggit]

Tony1963 said:

Most companies seem to only pay the minimum now. I've known quite a few on six figure salaries to only get that after being with a company for over ten years. Things seemed to change somewhere in the mid-noughties when previously quite often people would get one month's pay per year of employment, plus gardening leave, with the redundancy limited to £30k for tax reasons.
That £30k tax threshold is still the same!

Not only that, but if I had made it to Dec 31st then that would have added another year of service - and I also worked as a contractor for 3 months before signing as an employee. Legal, but leaving a very sour taste.