After contesting the period this is the response received: An employee is obliged to provide their employer with their contractual notice period if they wish to resign from the Company. If the employee provides a notice period which is in excess of the required contractual notice period, the Company is under no obligation to accept this greater notice period. Therefore, your contract of employment states one months notice period, your resignation letter was dated the 18th January 2010 and in line with this your termination date is the 18th February as detailed in my letter dated the 26th January 2010. The company has met its obligations by paying you the correct notice pay.

Company notice period requirement is 4 weeks notice. If i resigned with a 6 week notice period can the company force me to or change the notice period to only 4 weeks?