I want to start a new job. I have 2 months left with my current contract. My boss says that I need to give him 3 months of notice starting from the 1st of next month. Can I legally quit after my binding contract expires? or do I really need to wait basically 4 months as he said?

by MrBraavoss

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  1. You don’t need to give him shit. You’ve told your boss that you won’t be renewing your contact, which is the polite thing to do.

    In two months you’re not employed there anymore, because your contract has run out. What’s he gonna do, kidnap and enslave you for an additional month?

  2. I dont see where on this contract it is time limited. Only that you “cant” resign in the first year, and that after 1 year there is 3 months resignation period.

  4. If you give him notice in July, your last day is Oct 31. You can always ask to quit sooner, but that’s up to your employer.

  5. Your contract states that you cannot resign (or be fired) the first year, and your resignation-period will be 3 months from the [1.st](https://1.st) in next month.

    So if you resign today, you would work out the current month + 3 months.

    If you are still in the probation period (first 6 months) then your resignation period would be 14 days.

    It is of course possible to walk out on a job illegally. You may loose your “feriepenger” and any salary not paid out. This is a huge, massive hassle for your employer. You should be prepared for very bad references if you make them go this route. You may loose some benefits like arbeidsledighetstrygd.

    The usual way to deal with this is to ask if it is possible to leave sooner, and the employer may grant that. If it creates a problem for them, they can say no and you have to work out the contract (or suffer the consequences).

  6. I don’t see where this is a temporary contract. You have three months from the 1st day of the month after you resign. If you resigned today, that starts counting from August 1st. Which means your last day is 31st of October. There is a reason a lot of people in Norway wait until the end of the month to resign.

  7. When did you start your job? This contract states that neither your nor the employer can resign within one year from the signing of this contract. After the one year, both you and your employer might resign, with a three months notice (which is normal in Norway). This will start from the first day in the next month. So if you resign today, the resignation period will start August 1st and your last day will be October 31st.

    Therefore, even if you quit today, with only two months left on your commitment period, you’ll still have to wait until October 31st leaving this job.

    Can you ignore this? Yes, but then you’ll be liable for the losses the company get for you breaching your contract, as well as the cost for hiring a new person to replace you, and so on. This will be deducted from your “vacation money” and whatever outstanding salary they currently owe you. The rest you’ll have to pay back to the company yourself. In addition to this, you will definitely not get a letter of recommendation. And if this is a small field of business where the bosses of different companies know each other, you might even be “blacklisted” from working in that kind of business ever again.

    So unless you _really_ hate your job, the best you can hope for is to ask kindly to have the resignation period shortened.

  8. This contract is only valid for 1 year.That means you are not working there anymore after one year if you don’t sign a new contract.

    I have no clue how other people here can’t read employment contracts.

    The contract clearly states that “Denne kontrakten er bindende uten oppsigelse i 1 (ett) år..”.This means that if the contract is not terminated before, it lasts for one year.If you or the employer want to termintate it before, you will still have to work for 3 full calendar months after the first 6 months, and for 14 full days before the first 6 months.

    EDIT: Grammar

  9. The correct answer here is to talk to your unio rep and if necessary get help from the union legal team to help understand what the contract means.

    It does, however, sound like your ***employer*** don’t think that it expires after a year, in which case three months is correct.

  10. My interpetation is that the contract is for one year from the date it is signed. Neither the employer or the employee has to give notice before the contract expires.

    Why would it otherwise be a separate point in the contract that regulates the noticeperiode in the trial periode and after the the trial periode?

    And i find it strange that an employer would give someone a contract that stated that neither him or the employee can terminate the contract within the first year of employment.

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