30 day notice

[rmorlock]

What is the name of your state? WA

I want to give my employer 30 days notice that I intend to leave a position. If I were to do this via Certified Mail, would the 30 days start when I sent the letter or when he received it? This is a contracted position that does require, according to the contract, 30 days.

 

[moburkes]

What is the name of your state? WA

I want to give my employer 30 days notice that I intend to leave a position. If I were to do this via Certified Mail, would the 30 days start when I sent the letter or when he received it? This is a contracted position that does require, according to the contract, 30 days.

It will start when they receive the notice.

 

[Ohiogal]

It will start when they receive the notice.

You sure about that? The mailbox rule of contracts -- notice is given when mailed.

 

[moburkes]

You sure about that? The mailbox rule of contracts -- notice is given when mailed.

I (thought) I just looked this up, but that had to do with FCRA. The rule isn't the same?

 

[cbg]

When does the contract say the 30 days starts?

 

[Ohiogal]

I (thought) I just looked this up, but that had to do with FCRA. The rule isn't the same?

It might not be. Mailbox rule deals with acceptance of offers and it depends on whether the resignation is considered an acceptance. It is stretching it --that is why I asked if you were sure. Employment law not where i majorly am practicing. But the default is as cbg said -- what does the contract state.

 

[moburkes]

It might not be. Mailbox rule deals with acceptance of offers and it depends on whether the resignation is considered an acceptance. It is stretching it --that is why I asked if you were sure. Employment law not where i majorly am practicing. But the default is as cbg said -- what does the contract state.

Thanks, preggo!

 

[Gadfly]

Don't state "30 days" in the letter. Give them your last scheduled day to work.

Also don't expect them to let you work it out.

 

[Zigner]

Don't state "30 days" in the letter. Give them your last scheduled day to work.

Also don't expect them to let you work it out.

Gadfly - did you miss the part where OP said it was a contracted position?

 

[mitousmom]

Why do you feel the need to notify your employer via a certified letter? Is that written notice required by the contract? Why can't you orally notify the supervisor with whom you routinely work and/or to whom you report and follow that up with written notification if you feel the need and/or it's required. I don't know your working relationship or the protocol in your company, but I wouldn't think too well of a subordinate who didn't provide me with the common courtesy of telling me that s/he was terminating his/her employment and I had to learn of the decision through a written letter to me or worse still, from HR notifying me.

 

[ecmst12]

If OP has a contract requiring 30 days notice to terminate, then certified mail is a SMART idea, because then you have hard evidence that you fulfilled the contract. We also have no idea what the work situation is like. Maybe OP works from home in a mostly independant capacity and doesn't have a supervisor he sees/works with regularly. At the very least, he would need to hand his supervisor something in writing and have him sign off that he received it on X date.