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Unless they have made you redunant then contry to myth your employers have no obliegation to give you time off.

Time off for job hunting or to arrange training when facing redundancy  

An employee who is given notice of dismissal because of redundancy is entitled to reasonable time off with pay during working hours to look for another job or make arrangements for training for future employment. The time off must be allowed during the period of notice.

Employees are entitled to time off in this way only if they have had two years' continuous employment with their employer on the date their notice expires or the date when the statutory minimum period of notice due under the legislation expires, whichever is the later.  

For an explanation of the meaning of "continuous employment", or in case of difficulty in deciding on the length of continuous employment, see Continuous employment and a week's pay: rules for calculation.

If the business or part of the business has been transferred from one employer to another, see A guide to the 2006 TUPE Regulations.

Have I pushed you over the edge Jim?

Good ones would be:

- Doctors/dentist appointments, but take too many and they'll think you're terminally ill or something.
- Funerals, but be carefull because you might soon run out of relatives to kill off.

The job market is close to an all time low at the moment, I'd advise not walking out unless you have a written offer which you have in turn accepted in writing

thanks gents. apparently the contract is verbally agreed upon acceptance of the role and completion of the probationary period, so four weeks is required.

now, do i go out all guns blazing or politely? i should get a good reference either way and i'm entitled to an exit interview...


p.s. stephen ireland used the granny excuse because his girlfriend/wife had suffered a miscarriage and didn't want people to know.

Your most sensible bet would be to see what's about, apply for absolutely everything that may tickle your fancy, or at least tide you over for another few months and then see if you get any responses back in the next couple of weeks. If you don't, that'll gauge how difficult it's going to be.

Of course, if you're comfortable living on the doll then you could take that option. I know you live out in the country - would doll money even cover your fuel costs?

quick question, hopefully not too complicated...

never signed a contract or suchlike here, so no idea how much notice i'd need to give. four weeks seems polite but i don't want to be polite. could i effectively walk if i got another job offer?

also how do i go about taking time out for interviews etc when i have no holiday left?

Are you ill?

I've got a cold and couldn't be arsed to go to work feeling like crap. Regrettably, I had a headache for most of Saturday, if I'd known it would have led to full blown man flu I wouldn't have gone to Histon, nor drank any beer.

I blame my mum's boyfriend, who decided it would be a great idea to get a flu jab. 2 days later he had developed symptoms of man flu. I can only assume I have caught the virus from this source.

It's a well known fact that smoking causes man flu.

i've had three responses to my CV which i posted on monster a week ago, which is encouraging - some decent roles as well, step up from what i'm doing now.

I'd go to work if I had heart disease