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Dolby

Dolby

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What would you understand by this?

I think the end of the current month, plus a full month thereafter? In other words, whether notice is given the 01 Nov, the 15 Nov or 30 Nov ... I'd work till 31 Dec?

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Dolby said:
What would you understand by this?

I think the end of the current month, plus a full month thereafter? In other words, whether notice is given the 01 Nov, the 15 Nov or 30 Nov ... I'd work till 31 Dec?

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Yes it means a full Calendar month from the day you announce the resignation.

Some companies might not get too technical and let it slide if that's the 1st of the month, but generally you want to do it the last day (or earlier) of the month before.
 
http://labourguide.co.za/resignations

What is a calendar month?

This is another area of mass confusion between the employer and employee. The contract of employment clearly states that an employee must give a calendar month’s notice, the employee therefore tenders his resignation on the 15th of the month arguing that a calendar months could be from the 15th of one month to the 15th of the following month and doesn’t necessarily have to be from the 1st to the 31st of a month. In his book, Interpretation of Statutes (Juta & Co. Ltd, first edition), Professor G.E. Devenish describes a calendar month as;

“A calendar month is a month according to the almanac or common calendar. A calendar month is therefore not a fixed number of days but varies according to the Actual month concerned. A calendar month need not necessarily run from the beginning of a month. In ascertaining a certain number of calendar months the civil method of computation is used: the first day of the period is included and the last day excluded. However the application of this definition is ambiguous. The term “calendar month” may be interpreted in two ways: either as a month as it appears on the calendar, (1 January until 31 January) or a month reckoned in terms of one day in a particular month until the corresponding day of the next month; thus for example, from the fourth day of March until the fourth day of April. Both possibilities arise in practice.”

From the above it is clear that both the employer and employee could be correct in their interpretation of a calendar month and we therefore recommend that employers indicate in contracts of employment that notice must be given between the 1stand the 3rd of a month in order to ensure that employees serve a complete month as notice.
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No.

So demotivated and so far over it that I'm thinking start 2017 fresh. Even get a more junior position to get out of it.

EDIT : I got my 4th warning from the GM trying to fire me - and she's on my case almost daily about everything being 'unacceptable'. The warning this time? Sending a blank document ...

Where a normal company would be 'please resent', I get a written warning. That goes with my 'unprepared for a meeting', 'didn't attend training' and I can't even remember the 4th, but some other arb thing
 
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Didn't you go to the ccma?Can't remember the outcome of the last thread.This woman sounds like an absolute nightmare.
 
Last time I did go to the ccma, got a hearing date and commissioner assigned for mediation. The reason I went was to get a fair hearing from a neutral person - I didn't refer them. But I needed someone to what was going on internally with lying, harresment victimisation.

When I put the notification in front of them they offered a new position on condition I cancel ccma (sign of guilt?).

I accepted this, they moved me to a new manager and things have been alrightish for about 8 months.

Now though, she's back - mail directly through to me and company wide changes that are, quite literally, bizarre and don't work. She aiming for many people this time, but I'm particularly hated because of the past.
 
Why does she want you to quit so badly? Why don't you see how many formal warnings you can get before leaving?
 
So take them to the CCMA now...

I'm sure the deal you signed was as illegal as it comes too, if you signed anything at all.
 
She's got an MBA and narsistic.

I found research (multiple sites) online saying that these people tend to get places in life - they step on peoples heads, take credit, charismatic and charming. They'll do what is needed (ie lying) to get ahead and place their own propriety/career above almost anything else.

They also tend to employ their mates to surround them which, incidentally, is the HR manager ...

I look around and 50% of staff are new - perhaps that is the idea? Out with old, in with new?

No idea. All I know is that I want to start 2017 on a good note.
 
Best of luck Dolby, thanks for the update. When I resigned I had a calendar month but they were ok with making it 30 days notice.
 
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