On May 13, 6:52 am, Claire Rand wrote:
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> told that my notice only ran from when they recieved it, which i agreed
> and showed them a copy of the reciept.. no they said from when *they*
> recieved it.. told them the company had got it weeks earlier, the fact
> he had only just opened it wasn;t my problem.
If something like that ever came to court, they would be laughed out,
the receipt would be conclusive evidence as to date of receipt of
letter.
As someone pointed out there could be an exception, for example your
employment contract could require you to give notice to a specific
person eg HR reception.
Something like this did come to court in Manchester I think. A had a
concession to run joy flights from a Council airfield. The Council re-
tendered this concession, and A prepared a tender and placed it in the
Council's letter box by the closing time (the documents did not
specify how the tender was to be delivered). The person with the key
happened to be away that day and the box was not cleared. A's tender
was rejected for lateness, and the Council awarded the concession to
B. The court ruled that A's tender was indeed valid although I do not
know how the ensuing mess was sorted out - it would have cost the
Council dearly.
This is why Councils and the like should have proper 'tenders' boxes
with two locks, and the tenders opened and recorded by two people
together. |