notice without a contract

[panathon]

Hi

I have read other threads, but i just want to clarify if I am correct. I have been in a job for 4 years. I never signed or received a contract (bad I know!) Is 2 weeks the notice I am required to give? I did want a reference from them, so I was saying always to myself I would give 4 weeks notice but in another sense no contract - and don't want to be a mug anymore - is 2 weeks very bad and would it kill my reference. just trying to weigh stuff up here,

Any advice appreciated

Thanks

 

[MugsGame]

You do have a contract, just no written terms and conditions. Generally in this case you give one pay period as notice. If you are paid monthly, give a month's notice.

 

[SarahMc]

Mugsgame is correct, but even if you are paid weekly, 4 weeks notice is the accepted norm, even if you have no legal obligation to give it. After working there for 4 years, it would be a shame to leave on bad terms and perhaps scupper your chance of a glowing reference.

 

[MugsGame]

Actually, I was wrong, it depends how long you've been employed, not your pay period.

In your case two weeks is the minimum notice period, as you surmise. But I agree with Sarah that more would be better.

 

[greenfield]

Just to clarify, the notice periods referred to above are for the employer. In the absence of anything longer specified in writing, the statutory notice that an employee must give is a week. http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/employment/starting-work-and-changing-job/changing-job/giving_notice/?searchterm=minimum%20notice