Does employer have to pay notice period?

Your employer should pay you as usual until the end of your notice period when your contract ends. This is sometimes called garden leave.

When do you get your 30 day notice?

1. Any 30-day period, with the result that notice may be given on any day of the month and the notice period will then terminate in 30 days’ time; or 2. The beginning of any given month to the end of the same month, with the result that notice may be given on the first day of the month and will continue until the last day of the month.

When does one month’s notice start and end?

The beginning of any given month to the end of the same month, with the result that notice may be given on the first day of the month and will continue until the last day of the month.

When to give your employer one month notice?

You may be leaving due to personal reasons, having found a new job or family reasons so giving your employer 30 days or 1-month notice can give them plenty to time to find a suitable replacement. However, consider your employer can decide an ‘early release’ and shorten your notice period to 2 weeks, 7 days, or even 72 hours.

When does the notice period start in South Africa?

Accordingly, where notice is given on any day of the month, the notice period will only commence on the first day of the following month and will continue until the last day of that same month.

The beginning of any given month to the end of the same month, with the result that notice may be given on the first day of the month and will continue until the last day of the month.

When do you have to serve a notice?

Finally, we turn to clauses stating that notice must be served “ten days after” or “within one month of” a specified date. The general rule is that the date from which the period runs is excluded and the notice may be served right up until the final moments of the last day of the period.

Accordingly, where notice is given on any day of the month, the notice period will only commence on the first day of the following month and will continue until the last day of that same month.