So I told my job already that I won’t be re-signing for another year at the end of this month, I’ve already found another job, but my job is asking me not to take my remaining days off (I have a few). I want to leave on a good note but I’m absolutely exhausted from the schedule (one of the reasons I’m leaving) and it’s effecting my mental and physical health. Plus I need time to move to my new town and such.
My question is, can I leave a week or two earlier than the contract ending date without any legal reprecussions?
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If you have paid leave accrued that the company is saying they don’t want you to take, be aware that technically they cannot enforce that.
Paid leave is your right to take, and while the law allows the company to make you adjust the timing of your leave, the company cannot force you to not take it.
Don’t ghost them, just say “I have x days of accrued paid leave and will be taking them from July X to July Y prior to my departure at the end of the month”.
Your company cannot deny paid leave without a very good reason.
Using all of your remaining paid leave before your final day is extremely common.
“Okay you’re leaving and you have about 5 paid days off but don’t take them. Thank you”
Honestly would die from laughter if someone said that to me.
I had a hard time leaving a job at a hotel because the steps to resign were not clear and management was often not able to be reached. Send either the management team or HR an email stating that you will leave on X day and use Y number or paid holidays before leaving. The standard is a two week notice so they can find someone to replace you, and any more time after that you’re just being nice. If they don’t respond to your message, you are free to leave – they can’t keep you there and you have tangible proof that you tried to contact them.
i can never understand these type of posts and questions. op, you are the one with the power here. you are leaving, not the company. you dictate the terms of when you will use your days off and when your last day will be. you may have to follow the law if you dont want legal trouble, but the fact of the matter is, even if you dont follow the law, you will most likely get what you want anyway (within what is owed to you. im not suggesting you can demand money). companies can try to hold salary, and tell you whatever, but a phone call to the labour board should sort that out. for anyone thinking of leaving a company, include your remaining vacation days in any advanced notice you want to give. dont ask the company, tell the company. also, you mention that you want to leave on good terms. does the company asking you to forfeit your given holidays feel as being ‘on good terms’? they are trying to extract that last bit of blood from you without giving you anything in return. that would be a hard no from me.
By law they have to give you the remaining days off. And if they try to fuck you, tell them:
“Oh OK…? I will check with the labour office to make sure.”
> my job is asking me not to take my remaining days off
You have the right to those days, so take them.
If they’re understaffed? Not your problem.
If it’s busy season? Not your problem.
It’s their responsibility to ensure adequate staffing levels, not yours. Enjoy those vacation days.
Or you can do what I did at one company and tell them you’ll work those days – at double rate (triple rate for overtime hours). That was a nice final payday.
lol what?