What happens if you quit a job without giving notice?

[Ragnar]

I need to give four weeks according to my contract, what happens if I leave without giving any notice? Will I die?

[JamboUpNorth]

Speak to your line manager, usually get away with a week or two. They'd be able not to give you a reference but not sure if they can kill you or, worse, not pay for the last month etc.

[BigC]

Not a lot, but you need to be sure you don't need a reference and they won't contact your future employer with tall tales about you.

[Do The Dance]

Depends what you do. Your employee can take you to court directly for any loss they make directly due to you breaking your contract, I believe. I doubt Tesco would pursue for a shelf stacker though, for example.

[Jambo Jim]

They would have to raise an action showing loss or harm stemming from the breach. They would then have to quantify

the loss that they have incurred. Really little, if any realistic, prospect of any employer persueing this line of action. You will survive!.

[G.Wright]

You can include any untaken leave in that period also

[Jambo Jim]

 

You can include any untaken leave in that period also

 

 

G.Wright is correct.

 

You are entitled to earned pay to the date of your leaving and any outstanding holiday pay accrued to the point of termination but not yet taken.

[JamboUpNorth]

Basically if you don't need a reference you're laughing....

[Jambo Jim]

 

Basically if you don't need a reference you're laughing....

 

That's true, although with the reference the problem always is that you're last employer is under no obligation to provide one and no matter what is actually said in the reference it is always the telephone call that follows it that determines the real outcome.