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    4 weeks notice = How many working days ?

    I was given 4 weeks notice by my previous employer.
    How many day's pay should they give me ?
    My usual monthly pay? OR 20 days pay ?

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    Re: 4 weeks notice = How many working days ?

    Quote Originally Posted by OilSheikh View Post
    I was given 4 weeks notice by my previous employer.
    How many day's pay should they give me ?
    My usual monthly pay? OR 20 days pay ?
    I don't know, so this is just an assumption, but I'd assume it to be the pay you would normally receive for 4 weeks, and four weeks is not quite the same as a month.


    12 months to a year, so a month = a year /12 = 365 / 12, = 30.42 days.

    But for 4 weeks .....

    A year = 52 weeks, therefore 1 week 365/52 = 7.019 days, and therefore
    4 weeks = 28.07 days.

    So, in round numbers, and rounded down (which may well be rounding the wrong way)

    1 month = 30 days
    4 weeks = 28 days.

    Think of it this way.


    The pay cycle used to pay people varies. Some are oaid weekly, some 4-weekly, and some monthly.

    If you are paid monthly, you get 12 payments per year. If you are paid 4-weekly, you get 13, but each will be smaller.

    The real answer to your question should be in your contract, and/or staff manual, which should spell out the exact procedure, usually (in the manual) in nauseating detail. The last one I checked out for a friend was a 300-page PDF.

    Yeah, 300 flaming pages of do's and don'ts.

    But I stress my first comment .... I don't know, I'm just assuming.

    Oh, and you may need to work from working days, rather than calendar days. The above is to illustrate the difference.

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    Re: 4 weeks notice = How many working days ?

    I think it should be 20 days plus any holiday accrual you are entitled to or minus holidays that you've taken but not yet accrued.

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    Re: 4 weeks notice = How many working days ?

    Quote Originally Posted by KeyboardDemon View Post
    I think it should be 20 days plus any holiday accrual you are entitled to or minus holidays that you've taken but not yet accrued.
    Assuming a 5 day working week, yes, probably.

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    4 weeks notice is 4 weeks if you work 5 days a week 20 days.


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    Re: 4 weeks notice = How many working days ?

    it depends if you have to work your notice and if your contract states you get paid if you don't work (ie. paid sickpay). but 4 weeks is just as it says, 4 weeks pay. so salary/52 weeks to give weekly pay x 4 weeks notice = what you get. in days it depends on how many days you are contracted to work, it's simply 4 weeks times the number of contracted days, so 4 x 5 = 20 for example if you work a 5 day week

    if you are required to work your notice but don't, they may not have to pay you unless you provide sicklines and you are entitled to sick pay. if you just say "stuff it, i'm not coming back" they might not have to pay you. it depends what your contract says. if they give you 4 weeks notice and you don't have to return to work (ie. it's payment in lieu of notice), you get the 4 weeks pay as above. this is taxable and NI'able. redundancy pay under £30k has no tax or NI

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    Re: 4 weeks notice = How many working days ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Saracen View Post
    But I stress my first comment .... I don't know, I'm just assuming.
    That's why I did the smart thing that saves any confusion, handed in my notice in February, the month that is 4 weeks long
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    Re: 4 weeks notice = How many working days ?

    Slightly off topic since 4 weeks is 4 weeks...

    Some companies calculate partial monthly payments based upon the calendar. So if you work 20 days in a 30 day month (regardless of weekends) then you get 2/3's of the months salary. Nokia used to work this way rather than calculating actual days worked within the period, since the monthly payroll was 1/12 of your annual salary, regardless of working days per month.

    If your payroll is calculated like this, always leave work on a Monday. that way you get paid for the weekend as well.

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    Re: 4 weeks notice = How many working days ?

    It's whatever your contract of employment says it is. All we can do is speculate.

    Presumably it's however many days they want you to work. Or are they paying you in lieu of notice?

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    Re: 4 weeks notice = How many working days ?

    Hi, contract doesn't state this
    I was given my notice 3 weeks ago, but dont have to work out my notice ( yay )
    Now, they gave me my notice on the 13th of Feb. So, they should be paying me 13 days + 28 days ( 4 weeks ) = 29 working days' pay.

    I have only been paid for 18 as mentioned on my final payslip and HR are ignoring my emails.. hmmm

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    Re: 4 weeks notice = How many working days ?

    how many days per week were you contracted to work? if it was 5 then it sounds like you've been underpaid. if they don't answer emails, phone them

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    Re: 4 weeks notice = How many working days ?

    Quote Originally Posted by finlay666 View Post
    That's why I did the smart thing that saves any confusion, handed in my notice in February, the month that is 4 weeks long

    Bit frustrating if you made the decision on March 1st, though.

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    Re: 4 weeks notice = How many working days ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Unique View Post
    how many days per week were you contracted to work? if it was 5 then it sounds like you've been underpaid. if they don't answer emails, phone them
    I was contracted to work 5 days a week for them. I'll send them another email followed by a Recorded Delivery letter.

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    Re: 4 weeks notice = How many working days ?

    Quote Originally Posted by finlay666 View Post
    That's why I did the smart thing that saves any confusion, handed in my notice in February, the month that is 4 weeks long
    I booked thee weeks holiday, giving one week's notice for the holiday and then handed my notice in a day later so in effect I only had a week to work, which my manager gave me as 1 week's paid "garden" leave, so I only ended up working 2 days after handing in my notice and that was so that I could complete a handover quickly and efficiently.

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    Re: 4 weeks notice = How many working days ?

    Quote Originally Posted by KeyboardDemon View Post
    I think it should be 20 days plus any holiday accrual you are entitled to or minus holidays that you've taken but not yet accrued.
    Quote Originally Posted by OilSheikh View Post
    I was contracted to work 5 days a week for them. I'll send them another email followed by a Recorded Delivery letter.
    So 4 weeks at 5 days/week is 20 days. You have been paid 18, leaving 2 unaccounted for. Did you taken holiday that you have not actually accrued?

    As an example, if you get half a day for every week worked, giving 26 days/year, you work for 26 weeks but have taken 14 days holiday, that would be a day taken that you hadn't actually earned and weren't entitled to be paid.
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    Re: 4 weeks notice = How many working days ?

    Quote Originally Posted by OilSheikh View Post
    I was contracted to work 5 days a week for them. I'll send them another email followed by a Recorded Delivery letter.
    a quick phone call to HR/payroll may have been easier, as it's harder to avoid. if neither take your call, then speak to your line manager and ask them to sort it out with HR/payroll and get back to you

    but as peterb says, if you've used more holidays than your entitlement accrued to at your leaving date, then they may deduct that from your final pay if you contract allows it

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