resigning without notice

[Joeve]

If you have a certificate then that would be fine. Use up sick leave or take leave without pay for the period of your notice. Some places will try and make you use annual leave up this is not compulsory if you have any problems call fair work

[Nai]

You can commence maternity leave early with a dr certificate. You could then resign while on maternity leave and provide notice that way so you don't need to work out your notice period.

[lisaandshaun]

I have thought about going on to maternity leave but we HAVE to notify the company a minimum of 10 weeks before we wish to finish otherwise its not approved. I have no intention on returning to work once our child is old enough (not financially viable option for two chn in care).
Our EBA states that we can not resign whilst on leave but i can not get an answer as to wether maternity leave fits in with the leave catagory or not.

[AliBaby]

I would def contact HR or fair work. i think in your circumstances, your work is not being flexible in giving you suitable duties to perform while you are pregnant. Also if you resign now, then wouldn't you mss out on PPL from the government as well? not sure exactly how it works but you may want to check these things.

Eta, sorry. Misread some of your post. Still make sure you have all the right info before resigning and see if your work can provide safe circumstances if they won't allow you no take leave early.

[Floweryfields]

As far as I am aware, notice periods only apply if you are fit to work. If you deemed medically unfit for work, it would be foolish of your employer to require you to continue to work anyway. If someone had a stroke for example and could not longer work, they wouldn't be able to do anything about that - pregnancy should be no different.
Do you have holidays owing? My understanding is the only possible penalty of resigning without notice is losing any leave owing.