I am in sales for a fortune 500 company. I have a couple job offers from companies offering much better compensation. If I resign and give the normal 2 weeks (of course I would not work those 2 weeks as they typically then ask you to leave on the spot) In the state of Illinois, am I entitled to the next 2 weeks pay? how does that work?
I don't know the legal situation, but from a common-sense standpoint, I'd say if you give notice and say you're leaving on day X, they would reasonably be under obligation to pay you through that day, even if they want you to leave today, as long as the length of your notice agrees with what's in your contract (2 weeks is standard, and is probably on a piece of paper that you signed). It may not be a major concern since I think most employers will try to do it "right," unless you're leaving on really bad terms and your boss wants to screw you over. I quit a job once... my boss got mad and shouted and cursed at me for 10 minutes in his office while I sat smiling. There was no way he was going to match the offer I had at another company, and even if he could have, I didn't want it. He tried to "offer" that I use my accumulated vacation time over the next 2 weeks, and I said "F. U. You will pay me my vacation days, and my 2 weeks." He did.
As already said, it's probably specified in the paperwork you signed when you started. Generally here at work people give two weeks notice, and work to the end. However, if they're going to work for one of our big competitors (we have 2), they're immediately escorted from the building. They still get paid for the next two weeks, but they sit at home the entire time.
Well first you don't have to disclose where you are going. Unless you feel that this will get you in trouble later due to a vindictive HR and boss. Of course if you did sign an non compete agreement, you might be out of luck. You could ask HR from the new company to look it over and have them help you navigate this potential mine field. Second, here in CA people usually give 2 week notice and work the time to hand things off to the survivors. The company can ask you to leave, at which point you will have to take vacation. The amount of vacation will determine your final paycheck $$s. So give two weeks and save your vacation (lets say you have 3 weeks of vacation saved up - not likely, eh?). You work until September 21st and start your new job on September 24th with a new salary and the 3 week vacation check coming your way !
Are you an "at-will" employee? In other words, you can quit or they can fire you at-will, meaning no reason has to be given. If that is the case, then NO, they do not have to pay you after you give your notice. If on the other hand you have a contract or some other written argeement, you should read it before giving notice. Also, you do not have to inform your current employer where you are going to work next. So, if you are concerned about them asking you to leave on the spot, don't tell them. Of course if it's in the same industry, the news will travel. Question: Are you looking for a counter-offer?
I gave a 2 week written notice 5 years ago thanking them for the employment. I was "released" the next morning. In Illinois, you are entitled to unemployment compensation after a one week waiting period. I signed up the day I was laid-off and received a check for one week , two weeks later after I started training for my new job. It was a "at will" job and I am still working "at will".
Usually the new employer will be happy to start you early. With every job move I have had, I asked the new company if they would want to start me early if my old company terminated me immediately. Every one of them said they would. There's nothing written in stone that says you have to give two weeks notice, there's no law, just an employer saying "its customary". If you're really worried about it, don't give them any notice (especially if they have a reputation for immediately terminating employees who resign with notice). If they fire people without any notice, and stand over them as they clean out their desks, and escort them out of the building, why should you give them the courtesy of two week's notice?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(splashback @ Sep 5 2007, 07:45 AM) [snapback]507290[/snapback]</div> I am HR Manager for a Fortune 50 company. If you are asked to leave they should compensate you for the 2 weeks, if you leave on your own then you should get paid out your vacation. If employees are "released" after giving notice they should be paid for that time, it should not count against their vacation accrual.
Heh. If you signed one of those idiotic, unenforceable non-compete agreements without reading it and striking out 50% of the bogus assertions it tries to make, you deserve every gallon of the legal swamp you might find yourself in. Last time I went through that mill, the mere fact that I needed to strike large parts of it came as a rude shock to their legal eagles who expected everybody to just knuckle under and sign their own existence *and* that of their offspring away for some ridiculous quantity of years. But even after wading two pages of this dreck, I was like "you've *got* to be kidding" ... . _H*
