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Please remember that any notice period now needs to include 4 working weeks.  This means that if you intend resigning around a holiday you will need to ensure you include 4 working weeks as well as the holiday period.  You can give more than 4 working weeks’ notice and you should always put your last day of service as the day before you would have been due back after any holiday period.

Updated on July 2, 2025

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