PVR and EU legislation
Haven't posted for a while but happen to know that the 1 month notice does apply in law, as long as there is no ROS from an OCU or academic course that applies. Even then, only a proportion of the cost of that course is payable. They may come looking for you initially but if you redirect them to your lawyer, citing EU legislation as your justification for leaving with minimal notice, they will not want to go to court to have the precedent proven publicly. However, the resettlement package is excellent and gives you the option of being better prepared to take a good offer rather than the first. There are lots of ways to make the 12 months inefficient for the Service and maximise it's value to you so if they insist on you staying, why not use the time wisely to make sure there is less hassle and no potential pension/gratuity payment issues? 12 months is actually more like 9 when you take the various sets of leave into account which isn't as long as you think when you're job hunting.