hadron ,others feedback for resignation

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i am completing my three years of waiver in Community health center in florida. i have a clause in which there is a three month notice required both ways for resigning or firing. i want to give my three month notice . my only fear is that can the employer accept the resignation right way, then i will be three months short( which i do not want to do and at same time dont want to stay a day more than 3 years).
someone told me that florida is a at will state and anyone can be fired .
feedback appreciated.
 
First off, your best investment at this point is a $300 consultation with a knowledgeable physician contract or employment attorney.

> there is a three month notice required both ways for resigning or firing.
> i want to give my three month notice . my only fear is that can
> the employer accept the resignation right way, then i will be three
> months short( which i do not want to do and at same time dont
> want to stay a day more than 3 years).

I can see your dilemma. If you want to play it safe, wait until 3 year 1 day after you started your waiver to hand in your resignation.

> someone told me that florida is a at will state and anyone can be fired .

Anyone who doesn't have a contract specifying otherwise (in some more unionized states, there are state laws specifying notice periods once one has worked for an employer for a certain time, regardless whether they have a contract or not).

'Pacta sunt servanda' applies in FL, whether the employer interests like it or not. The problem is that an employer could fire you despite your contract and bank on the fact that you won't sue them for breach of contract because you have more important things to do at that point.

In all honesty, unless your employer is above headcount and waiting for an opportunity to cut cost (e.g. your head), the likelihood of them firing you prematurely is slim to none. You are fulfilling a function in their organization. In medicine, it takes often more than 3 months to fill a position due to licensing and credentialing issues. Ordinarily a physician employer would be ill advised to fire an employee doc without notice (unless they have your replacement already lined up, for a CHC that would be rather uncommon).
 
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Oh, one more thing.

Whatever you do, as a physician you want to make your exit from a job as harmonious and non-confrontational as possible. From this day on, whenever you apply for new jobs, priviledges, insurance coverage, you have to assume that the respective entity will talk to your former employer. And if you ticked them off, they can make up stuff that is damaging to you but impossible for you to disprove. ('well, there have been instances where his judgement was questioned' and other nonsense can hurt you immensely but it is very difficult to litigate something like this as libel).
 
thanks for the detailed reply,
1.i also think the chance of the disaster is slim but i wait till the three year is over and then resign , i am sure they will make me work for three months more and i dont want to do that
2.in case of one nurse, when she put her two week notice they accepted it and let her go that very day,well in my case thats what i fear ( although in that case they ? will have to pay three months salary ?
thats what i am wondering , can they by law accept the resignation there and then when though i will give a notice to go in three months
3.would u or anyone know of any good contract lawyer , knowing about FL laws
thanks a lot
and yes i am trying to depart on good terms
 
> 1.i also think the chance of the disaster is slim but i wait till the three
> year is over and then resign , i am sure they will make me work for
> three months more and i dont want to do that

I don't know how it is the other way around. Maybe you could just walk out as well.

> 2.in case of one nurse, when she put her two week notice they accepted
> it and let her go that very day,well in my case thats what i fear ( although
> in that case they ? will have to pay three months salary ?

Chances are they had to pay her 2 weeks wages (if she had a contract specifying a notice period).

> thats what i am wondering , can they by law accept the resignation
> there and then when though i will give a notice to go in three months

--> attorney

> 3.would u or anyone know of any good contract lawyer , knowing
> about FL laws

Sorry. But there are a couple of people on this board who have done waiver jobs in FL.
 
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