My boss, who claims that I do not add any value to his team, is refusing to accept my resignation letter. He even asked HR to cancel my already-approved leave. What do u suggest I do as i had already bought my flight tickets(for wife and !) for about 500k!!!

deezzle:

My boss, who claims that I do not add any value to his team, is refusing to accept my resignation letter. He even asked HR to cancel my already-approved leave. What do u suggest I do as i had already bought my flight tickets(for wife and !) for about 500k!!!

So is he planning to fire you or something?

Please tread softly,I suggest you seek legal advise also before making your final decision, then pray for God guidance

Give him small blow in the nose!

simply walk out(you were going to resign anyway) . but frist read your company's SOP or your terms of employment.

What are the terms of separation/resignation in your contract & the company employee policy?

Thanks guys.
the contract reads that either party should give 30 days notice before termination of the contract. Colleagues have said i should have lied that i was going on leave and send the letter from there but i felt that was unprofessional and cowardly. So i decided to do the right thing. Next thing, my leave was reversed and i believe that the March salary might not be paid.
Wat should i do? I am still working, even on a verge of closing a deal for a month that is 99% sure they wont pay.
thanks

No organization can pronounce they will not accept your resignation except for the following reasons

1. If you are on loan and you have not sought yourself as regards outstanding
2. If there is an investigation relating a fraudulent etc
3. May be you signed a bond holding down with the company.

Since you are versed with what the company policy says about notice period, your resignation start counting from the date of submission. I understand your management may not pay your salary for March if you leave this ending but that will not stop you for leaving, especially if you are leaving for good. So the option you have;

1. Is there any need to sue them? It’s your option. But I am telling you will triumph if you do that as long as necessary procedures are
followed when observing your resignation.
2. You also need to inform your to be new place of the current activities because bad employer will stop at nothing in spoiling peoples
careers especially when they felt threatened on exit of a staff.
3. On a final note try so hard you leave on a good note with your current employer. Especially your current boss and both your junior and
senior colleagues and the owner of the business. Most times always good to leave on a good note. Good luck.

thank you for your advices, guys. Believe me they were put intop good use and i appreciate y'all.
@Seun, thanks once again for developing this forum. Nairaland has made a lot of impossibilities possible due to the presence of anonymous great minds.

Well, the drama continues. I resigned honorably and on a good note despite the ill-treatment and daily verbal abuse i got while actually doing the right thing. I was able to keep a smile on my face beacuse my focus was on my destination and not the present situation as it were.

I discovered however that my salary for March was not paid. I have evidences in mails sent, handover documents forwarded and even the daily register signed showing that I was fully on the job during the month of March.

Please, your valuable advse is needed as i do not want to be cheated.

A part of me is saying go public if I do not get any tangible reason from them but honestly guys, i need ur help as my decision now will be rash as a result of the anger i feel.

Thank you

Sounds like you were working for a one-man organization, with no HR per se.
They can't just decide to not pay you, there are rules. You can take them on, if you can afford legal representation.

It is a one-man like u said but a major player in the industry.

i have a feeling my boss asked them to and believe me, i will ensure this will be the last they try.

my line of action starts from a subtle request on why i wasn't paid. wat follows will now depend on their response to my query.

they have been doing it, i heard but me no go gree cos i worked.

It is a one-man like u said but a major player in the industry.

i have a feeling my boss asked them to and believe me, i will ensure this will be the last they try.

my line of action starts from a subtle request on why i wasn't paid. wat follows will now depend on their response to my query.

they have been doing it, i heard but me no go gree cos i worked.

Go through your appointment letter with a legal adviser. Pray b4 you take a final decision

Deezle, at common law, an employer has no right to refuse to accept an employers resignation. This is because the employment itself is contractual in nature and one party cannot force the other to work for him.

Your situation is rather unfortunate bearing in mind that it is a one man thing. However i woud suggest that you write formally to the company stating that you had earlier issued a letter of resignation and that despite that your salary has not been paid. Make sure your get it offically acknowledge. In this regard i would sugges that you use a courier company to have the letter deleivered. Reason is that the letter would form part of your documents in the event that you have to go to court to prove that the act of the of witholding your salary was indeed malicious. If no response is received, write a reminder, this way you keep building a solid case against the compnay.

It would be in your best interest if this issue is resolved amicably because you will always need the reference from your employer for the future. That said does not mean you have to denied what is legally us.

regards,

J

Hey Dude,

I don't know if one-man businesses play by the rules of Engagement in other climes, but in Naija, believe me, the boss is da damn king.

I've been there and i can tell you they can treat employees like s**t. And i believe that's one basic reason why their business gets buried with them immediately they die.

Imagine, your boss dictating to HR to cancel an approved leave? (hope they didn't withdraw the leave allowance)
In a corporate firm its solely an HR affair.
The best you can do is leave them with money and walk,  exactly what i did when my then first employer started acting up. if he sees me today, he will hide his face in shame.