That will work in some cases, but in many you'll be expected to work for the duration.
My contract has a 3 month notice period, which is pretty standard in Europe for senior roles.
My contract has a 3 month notice period, which is pretty standard in Europe for senior roles.
Being made redundant has the paid period, and depending on the business it might require working, or it might not. If the factory just burned down, or (like in this Twitter case) management decided a whole team was completely pointless for the business, or if you do something with serious security measures, you'll probably not need to come to work, but if they're closing the factory on a known schedule you probably do.
There's usually a similar notice period when the employee resigns, although it's common for this period to be less. I think mine is 3 months either way, but in my previous job it was 1 month when I resigned, and 2 months if they dismissed me (but 0 for misconduct).
A lower bound of some of these rights is in EU/UK law, and many countries go beyond the minimum. These laws were passed through pressure from (mostly) unions.