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Hi,
Last year I took a full time job that that had a probationary period of six months and in order to be made permanent I had to pass a certification exam but I didn’t manage to pass the exams as it was in another field and I found it very hard. My company agreed to extend the probation for another six months and I was again set the same task of passing the same exam. During the probationary period my notice period was 1 week but would move to 4 weeks once I was made permanent.
I passed the exam before the end of the notice period and was told that I would be made permanent but was never given a new contract to sign and never agreed to anything, I was told that HR would send out the documents in the post but I never received any documents, all this happened about one week before the end of my probationary period.
But 10 days later (10 days after the end of the probationary period) I handed in my notice and was asked to fulfil my months’ notice period but I thought I was only obliged to see out a weeks’ notice as I haven’t signed a new contract or agreed to another contract. I am being told that I wouldn’t have received a new contract or asked to agree a new contract and that once I had fulfilled the obligations of the probationary period then I automatically moved onto the terms of the full time contract. The document that HR would send out would only be a notification of my being made permanent, I was informed.
Can someone confirm whether I do have to see out a months’ notice or whether I am within my rights to see out the one weeks’ notice?
Thank you.
Last year I took a full time job that that had a probationary period of six months and in order to be made permanent I had to pass a certification exam but I didn’t manage to pass the exams as it was in another field and I found it very hard. My company agreed to extend the probation for another six months and I was again set the same task of passing the same exam. During the probationary period my notice period was 1 week but would move to 4 weeks once I was made permanent.
I passed the exam before the end of the notice period and was told that I would be made permanent but was never given a new contract to sign and never agreed to anything, I was told that HR would send out the documents in the post but I never received any documents, all this happened about one week before the end of my probationary period.
But 10 days later (10 days after the end of the probationary period) I handed in my notice and was asked to fulfil my months’ notice period but I thought I was only obliged to see out a weeks’ notice as I haven’t signed a new contract or agreed to another contract. I am being told that I wouldn’t have received a new contract or asked to agree a new contract and that once I had fulfilled the obligations of the probationary period then I automatically moved onto the terms of the full time contract. The document that HR would send out would only be a notification of my being made permanent, I was informed.
Can someone confirm whether I do have to see out a months’ notice or whether I am within my rights to see out the one weeks’ notice?
Thank you.