Notice Period Calculator
Calculate the minimum statutory notice period required by law for the US, UK, India, Canada, and Australia based on your employment type and years of service. Covers UK Employment Rights Act, Australian Fair Work Act, and Canadian Labour Code notice requirements.
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How to use this calculator
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Select your country and employment type (permanent, probation, or fixed-term).
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Enter your total years of continuous service with your current employer.
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Australian employees aged 45 or over with 2+ years of service receive an additional 1-week bonus — enter your age accurately.
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The result is the tool’s arithmetic, not legal advice; your contract and local rules decide the notice that applies.
Frequently asked questions
How does this tool work out a notice period?
This tool looks up a figure by country and years of service. For the United Kingdom it returns 1 week below two years and then one week per completed year, up to 12. For Canada it returns one week per completed year, at least 1 and at most 8. For Australia it returns 1, 2, 3 or 4 weeks by service band, plus 1 week at age 45 or over with two or more years. These are the figures built into this tool.
Does it state what the law requires?
No. The tool applies fixed multipliers and prints a “Source” or “Note” line chosen by country; those labels are text and not verified advice. Notice depends on contract, local law and employer, so treat the number as an illustration and confirm it with an official source or your agreement.
How are part-years counted?
Completed years only for the United Kingdom and Canada, so 7.9 years of service gives 7 weeks. The Australian bands use the years as entered, so 1.5 years falls in the 1-to-under-3 band and gives 2 weeks. The Years of Service line echoes what you typed.
What do the age and employment-type boxes change?
Age matters only for Australia, where it adds a week at 45 or over with at least two years. Employment type changes the output for probation in the UK (a fixed 1 week), Canada and India (fixed text), and relabels fixed-term for India. Australia ignores employment type, and the United States ignores everything.
What do I get for the United States and India?
Fixed text, not a calculation. The United States returns “No statutory minimum” whatever you enter. India returns “1 month” for permanent and fixed-term and “0 – 2 weeks” for probation. Neither uses years of service, so contract terms are the only guide for those two.
What if years of service is zero?
The United Kingdom and Canada both return 1 week at zero years, because the tool takes a minimum of one for each. Australia also returns 1 week below one year. No result is ever n/a, and negative entries are treated as 0.
Does the tool give a last working day?
No. It returns a length in weeks or months, without dates, public holidays, pay in lieu of notice or garden leave. It also does not combine contractual notice with the figures above, so if your contract requires more, enter that number yourself when planning.
Notice period lengths: how the tool arrives at a number
A lookup keyed on years of service
Each country has its own small rule in the tool. The United Kingdom and Canada scale with completed years and stop at a maximum, while Australia uses service bands and an age add-on. The United States and India return fixed text rather than a calculation. Together they give a quick figure to compare with the notice written in a contract.
Worked examples with part-years and age
A UK employee with 7.9 years of service is shown 7 weeks, because only completed years count. In Australia, 4 years of service at age 50 gives a base of 3 weeks plus the 1-week age addition, so 4 weeks. At age 44 with 1.5 years, the base is 2 weeks and the age addition does not apply. A Canadian employee with 12 years hits the 8-week maximum. All came from running the tool.
Weeks by years of service in three countries
The table uses age 35 and a permanent contract for every row, so the Australian column has no age addition. It shows where the schemes cross: the United Kingdom and Canada rise one week for each year, Canada levels off at 8, and Australia stays flat at 4 weeks from five years onward.
| Years of service | United Kingdom | Canada | Australia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 |
Where contract terms come first
The tool never reads a contract. A longer contractual period, a shorter probation arrangement or an agreement to pay instead of working notice would change the outcome without changing the figures here. If you compare them, use the tool’s number as one reference and the agreement as the other, rather than assuming they match.
Limits worth remembering
Output is whole weeks, or the fixed phrases for the United States and India. Fractional service is rounded down in two countries, and the age field only matters in Australia. The “statutory” labels in the output describe how the tool is organised, not a legal opinion, so verify with an official source before relying on a date. If you need a calendar end date, count from the day notice is given using the length your agreement states.
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