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What do you specifically want to know about this, please?
Do you want to leave with immediate effect?
Does the contract penalise you in any way for leaving early?
Have you actually raised it any higher?
Have you actually raised it any higher up in the organisation?
Ok thanks. Whilst bullying is a serious issue which can happen in the workplace, I doubt you can just terminate the contract now and cancel all liabilities you have under it. To be able to do this, you must be able to show that there had been a serious breach of contract by the employer first. Generally, this would mean a serious failure by them to deal with the bullying issue and therefore breaching the trust between you and them. If this has only been happening for 2 days and the employer has not even been given a formal chance to try and deal with it, it is premature to try and cancel the contract at this stage. I am not saying that eventually it may not happen, but at this stage it is not going to be considered long or serious enough to do and you risk still being held liable to the terms.
Does this answer your query?
you still need to pursue the dedicated internal complaints processes for that to start with rather than jump at cancelling your contract - nothing stopd you from leaving but do not expect an easy situation if they challenge you to still repay the costs under it
You are free to resign if you want, but I am just saying do not expect to be easily let off from the contractual liabilities- it is up to them whether they pursue you sand if so - how far
if you pay back whatever you owe then there is no real issue, I meant if you walk away and refuse to pay
Employers do indeed have such duties, but if everyone used the first opportunity to resign because of it then not many would be left.