Can I reduce my 4-week notice using leave without losing payouts?

[Cholwax]

Fellas.

I’ve been at the company for 12 years. I’ll resign if I get the okay from this other company.

My question is: is there any way around the 4-week notice?.I have heaps of sick leave, heaps of annual leave, and long service leave. If I affect this 4 weeks somehow, will it affect me getting my annual and long service payouts?

 

[fluttermetal]

Four weeks is probably in your contract. You could take four weeks of sick leave if you really wanted to, but that’s burning a bridge you’ve spent a long time building.

 

[EchoFlux88]

Just double check that it’s not in your contract that all leave is forfeited if you take sick leave during your notice period, okay? I’ve been at a company before that had that squeezed in.

 

[MelodyPurpRok]

You never know what’s going to happen or who you might need help from. My advice is to finish on good terms with the old company, so you always have someone to fall back on there’s no point burning your bridges. In all honesty, 4 weeks will fly by.