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  • 06-10-2014 9:34pm
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    LegacyUser
    Registered Users Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi all, I'm hoping someone can help me with this :/

    I started a new job there two months, but it's riddled with problems, and I'm really not liking it at all. I tried to hand in my notice, and wanted to give one week, which they refused and referred me to my contract, saying I had to give a month's notice. Anyway, they promised things would change, and I was doing a great job, so I agreed to stay - this all happened in the space of a week.

    In the middle of the whole debacle, I applied for another job - more benefits, better conditions, travel, etc etc. They want me to start a week from the job offer (which hasn't happened yet)
    When I checked my contract with the current job, it said that I had to give a month's notice - except during the probationary period of 3 months, in which the notice period would be one week. I'm still well within the probationary period.

    Is there any way the current job can hold me to one month's notice?


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    newbie2
    Registered Users Posts: 2,477 ✭✭✭newbie2


    If they referred you to your contract - you can refer them to same and point out that you are still in the probationary period.
    But make sure that youre 100% in the probationary period and that you are not exempt from it or that there are no special circumstances relating to the probationary period stated in said contract.


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    Eoin
    Registered Users Posts: 21,257 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    Sounds pretty clear - they're only entitled to a week's notice if you've read the contract correctly.

    Though I'd be concerned about a new employer being that unreasonable about wanting someone (who they know has a job) to be available a week after a job offer. That's unprofessional.


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    tenifan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 523 ✭✭✭tenifan


    I was in a horrible job. I gave my notice after working there only 6 weeks, but they convinced me to stay on so I retracted my notice. Really, I was in no financial position to quit.
    I was offered a job as maternity cover, but only if I could start the following week. My current employer was not happy with the week's notice (the contract said a month) so basically let me finish the day and refused to take even the week's notice.
    It worked out well. I've been in my current job for over a year and was given a permanent position.
    Take from that what you will.


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