Legal Question in Employment Law in Michigan
Pay required when notice to quit is given.
I know I'm going to be leaving my company. I would like to give them a 2 or 3 month notice so they will have time to train or hire someone to replace me before I leave. But, I'm afraid that when I give my notice they will make me leave right then. If they make me leave right a way do they have to pay me for any of the time I offered to remain working?
Or is two weeks all they would have to pay me?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Pay required when notice to quit is given.
Unless you have incredible confidence in your employer, I would give the standard two weeks notice. If they want you to stay longer (you seem not to have another job lined up), you can discuss it later.
No, they don't have to pay you until your offered termination date.
Some employers will terminate you immediately and give you two weeks severance. Some (usually smaller) employers will terminate you on the spot with no severance only to discover that you are thereby eligible for unemployment benefits.
It's called employment-at-will.
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