An employee in a sales position, who has been with us for less than six months, has handed in his resignation and told us he won’t be working his full two months’ notice period, as he has another position lined up.
His line manager, fearing a possible negative impact on potential customers, wants to ask him to leave straight away, using the clear, planned breach of contract as the reason.
Given that the employee has less than 12 months service, and has indicated that he intends to breach his contract, I assume that we would be within our rights to ask him to leave now.
John Gardiner
