If you have a 1 month notice period in your contract then you cannot provide 3 months "notice".
Unfortunately this is 100% the case, you can negotiate what you want outside of the contract if both parties agree but if they want you gone, there is nowt you can do about it. They are perfectly entitled to put an employee on gardening leave immediately too, as long as they pay the month as per the contract and notice period.. !If you have a 1 month notice period in your contract then you cannot provide 3 months "notice".
A verbal notice CAN be accepted as formal notice (as per the GOV.UK website) if the contract DOESN’T say it needs to be in writing.Surely the contract is asking for a minimum in writing. The answer is provide verbal notice of intent if you want to assist with a handover without the written resignation.
When I was moving to Oz it was no secret I was going in 12 months.
He didn’t ask for gardening leave he was providing 3 months notice.
It didn't read the best, and I can see why a few are saying similar, particularly once he noted he would push for 3 months PILON. But he has since clarified and the intention would have been good. Unfortunately if they don't want to take up the offer that's pretty much that.
Hopefully helps others misreading misleading things they find online, when considering 'giving long notice' which just isn't a thing (unless agreed by both parties) to leave the date open to agreement.