In need of some advice please....

My partner resigned from his previous job and gave them 2 weeks notice. Towards the end of the first week, his stress and burn out escalated. He spoke to a therapist and agreed taking the next week off would be good for him. He told the company he would only be able to do 1 week but he'd complete everything that's needed before then. They now sent him a letter about wrongful resignation, saying they might sue. Is this even possible? What should he do?

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Doesn’t really make sense because there is no legal obligation to provide 2 weeks notice.

Common law requires an employee to give « reasonable » notice. Ultimately, if your husband can prove 1 week is reasonable enough time to transition/tidy up loose ends, then that’s more than enough and there’s nothing the employer can do by way of « false resignation »

To threaten a lawsuit seems a bit frivolous. In fact, I would argue that this behaviour, if a pattern, could be seen to have caused undue stress on your husband’s deteriorating mental health… could be a claim for a countersuit… weak argument but speak to a lawyer and could be sufficient enough for them to f**k off… especially if they’re a big company with reputational concerns.

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What role/level was he at, irrespective of that there might be an opportunity to counter sue

Please put a bad review on that company in Indeed or Glassdoor to warn others as employees should look out for each other. I once ignored many red flags working in one company and suffered burnt-out that mentally and physically drained, which I turned to depression... I hope your partner feels better. It's unfortunate that employers/supervisors exploit employees with little humanity 😕

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