Is Skipping My Notice Period Okay If My Employer Agreed? What Could Happen Next?

I resigned from a company; they accepted my resignation immediately and issued the relieving letter for the same date. However, according to the offer letter, I was required to serve a notice period of one month, which I was ready to fulfill, but they didn't want me to. Is it okay, or will it cause some problems in the future?

Hi, you have received the proper relieving letter. Ensure that they release your full FFS without any adjustment for the shortfall in notice. If so, there are no issues. As they relieved you immediately, you lost one notice period salary. If you are okay with it, then there are no issues.

Notice Period Waiver

What is your problem? Have you not been asked to provide a notice period, or do you not want to serve a notice period? You should consider yourself lucky in this matter. Please inform us if your notice period has been waived upon your request.

The company does not require employees with poor performance to serve a notice period if they resign on their own. An early exit of an employee would enable the company to fill the position with a new hire.

If a one-month notice period is mentioned for both sides in the appointment letter, then upon your immediate resignation, the company should pay you one month's salary as notice pay.

You might be eligible for one month's salary based on the terms and conditions of your appointment letter.

I don't want the notice; I just don't want them to create any problems in my future BGV. Will receiving an immediate relieving cause a problem in BGV?

Immediate Resignation and Notice Period Concerns

The issue is like this. The thread starter submitted his resignation, and immediately, his reporting officer relieved him without considering the notice period. However, the thread starter thought he would have one month's time to be relieved, as he was ready to serve the notice period. He asks if this will cause any problems in the future.

As Lakshmi Narayan has mentioned, it should not cause any problems as long as there is no deduction made for the shortfall in the notice period. However, his concern is about the company potentially turning hostile and marking 'not served notice period' in any background verification. I would say that this possibility cannot be ruled out. Unfortunately, there is no other way. Demanding notice pay from the employer, as suggested by Sandip Kolte, might create issues in the future. If you request that, your relationship with the employer could be damaged, which may affect your career to some extent. Moreover, unless your resignation included a declaration stating, "I am submitting my notice as per clause ....of the contract of employment .........and I may be relieved on......(that future date)," the notice period from your side will not be considered. Therefore, assume that you have been relieved.

Can you tell me what to do if my company says I have not served the notice period? Will it create a problem in my future employment?

So long as you have a proper relieving order which states that you have been relieved, the company cannot claim that you failed to serve the notice period.

Okay, they provided me with a salary for April but not for the 4 days of May, and they are not ready to put an exit date on my PF. They are saying I should put an exit date of April 30 only. What should I do?

Attendance and Exit Date Concerns

That is their headache. If they put the date of exit as 30th April, their attendance records will not match. If the EPF authorities come to know of it, they will have to address the issue. Anyway, since your date of joining in a new company is not prior to April 30, what is the big issue?

Sir, my relieving date and the date of exit on PF do not match. Would that be a problem?

So long as your date of entry is later than the date of exit, there is no issue.