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Statutory redundancy pay by age, service and weekly pay. UK 2025/26 rates with the £700/week and 20-year caps applied.
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Notice Period Calculator
A trusted UK employment-transition resource. Use the calculator to work out your final working day, or follow the links below for redundancy, PILON, garden leave, settlement agreements and the practical decisions that follow.
Calculator
Pick a valid resignation date.
This calculator is for general guidance only. Always check your employment contract.
Need a handover plan? Get a personalised week-by-week plan based on your notice period.
More tools and guides
Free tools and plain-English guides for everything around leaving a job in the UK.
Tools
Holiday entitlement calculator
Annual leave entitlement in days. Handles part-time, part-year, and contractual entitlements above the 5.6-week statutory minimum.
Handover plan generator
A week-by-week handover plan personalised to your notice period. Print or copy to your editor.
Resignation letter generator
Build a polished UK resignation letter in 30 seconds. Three tones, copy, download or print.
Resignation letter templates
Six pre-written letters for common scenarios: new job, relocation, retirement, mid-probation, career change, constructive dismissal.
Garden leave calculator
Garden leave end date and when restrictive covenants clear, including non-compete stacking.
Final working day calculator
Last day of employment from any resignation date and notice period, with weekend rollback.
PILON calculator
Gross payment in lieu of notice from weekly or monthly pay. Covers the post-2018 tax treatment.
Probation end date calculator
When your probation ends and what notice applies during the probationary period.
Redundancy notice period calculator
Statutory minimum notice your employer must give for redundancy, scaled by years of service.
Settlement agreement calculator
Estimate the gross value of a settlement: statutory redundancy, PILON, holiday and ex-gratia, with the £30k tax-free allowance applied.
Emergency fund calculator
How much emergency fund you need based on expenses, dependants, employment type and notice period.
Can I afford to quit calculator
Estimate your runway after resigning. Savings, notice pay, freelance and partner income inputs.
Redundancy runway calculator
How long will redundancy money last? Combines payout, notice pay, savings and benefits.
Final pay estimator
Last payslip after resigning: PILON, unused holiday, bonus, with rough take-home after tax.
Redundancy tax estimator
Tax on a redundancy package: the £30,000 allowance, PILON tax, holiday pay tax, all in one view.
Guides
Employment law index
Master directory of UK employment-law topics on this site: rights, redundancy, notice, settlements, resignation, career and freelancing.
Resigning from a job: the complete UK guide
Pillar guide covering the full journey from deciding to leave through to the first 30 days after you go.
How notice periods work in the UK
Plain English guide to your contractual and statutory rights, calendar-month arithmetic, and the bits that trip people up.
Can you leave before your notice ends?
Three legitimate routes to exit early, what happens if you walk, and how to negotiate a shorter notice.
PILON explained
Payment in lieu of notice: when it applies, how it’s calculated, and the tax treatment since the 2018 reforms.
Garden leave explained
What you can and can’t do, how it interacts with non-compete clauses, and when it’s worth more than PILON.
Employment FAQs
Plain-English answers to the most common questions about resignation, notice, garden leave, PILON, probation, holiday and redundancy.
What is a settlement agreement?
How UK settlement agreements work: structure, the £30k tax-free allowance, the statutory legal-advice requirement.
Redundancy pay tax explained
How the £30,000 tax-free allowance is allocated between statutory redundancy and ex-gratia, and why PILON and holiday are always taxable.
PILON vs garden leave
Side-by-side: which exit mode keeps you in the market sooner, how non-compete clauses interact, when each makes sense.
Redundancy rights UK
Plain English guide to UK redundancy rights: pay, consultation, selection, appeals, notice, holiday, PILON, settlements.
Notice period rights UK
Plain English guide to UK notice period rights: statutory and contractual notice, garden leave, PILON, sick leave, holiday, resignation.
Constructive dismissal UK
Pillar guide to UK constructive dismissal: the legal definition, evidence, ACAS early conciliation, tribunal time limits and compensation. Read before resigning in response to a breach.
Constructive dismissal examples
Eight UK situations that have met (or fallen short of) the legal threshold: pay cuts, bullying, harassment, contract changes, unsafe workplaces, discrimination, demotion and unpaid wages.
Can I claim constructive dismissal?
Eligibility check: employee status, the two-year service rule, evidence requirements, the risks of resigning and tribunal considerations.
Constructive dismissal compensation
Basic award, compensatory award, notice pay, holiday pay, loss of earnings and tax treatment, with three worked examples.
Constructive dismissal time limits
ACAS stop-the-clock rules, tribunal deadlines, the limitation periods at a glance, and the common mistakes that cost claims.
Employment tribunal UK
Pillar guide to UK employment tribunals: who can claim, ACAS early conciliation, deadlines, evidence, hearings, judgments, compensation and appeals.
Employment tribunal timeline
Stage-by-stage walk-through from ACAS to judgment, with example dates for a simple unfair dismissal and a discrimination claim.
Employment tribunal compensation
Basic and compensatory awards, injury to feelings under the Vento bands, discrimination awards, wage and notice claims, with three worked examples.
ACAS early conciliation
How the mandatory pre-claim ACAS process works, the COT3 settlement form, the six-week conciliation period and the stop-the-clock rules.
Employment tribunal costs
No tribunal fee since 2017, legal-cost ranges by claim type, representation options, cost orders, deposit orders and practical risk management.
Redundancy budget planner
Turn the lump sum into a working monthly cash plan, with the runway maths and a step-by-step template.
How long will my savings last?
UK runway calculation in plain English, with three worked examples covering common situations.
Creating a financial safety net
Layered UK safety-net build: cash buffer, insurance triage, credit headroom and sinking funds.
Freelance business ideas
Ten realistic UK freelance business ideas with pay range, set-up cost and registration route for each.
Limited company vs sole trader tax
Side-by-side UK tax comparison with three worked examples at different profit levels.
Setting up a business checklist
Day 1 to day 90 practical setup checklist for a UK one-person service business.
Best online courses for career change
Course categories that translate reliably into UK career-change outcomes, with cost and time expectations.
High-paying careers without a degree
UK careers paying £40,000+ without a degree requirement, with entry routes and trade-offs.
Changing career at 40
Practical UK plan for a mid-career switch, including the financial sequence and the common pitfalls.
NHS employment rights
Pillar guide to NHS staff rights: Agenda for Change, notice, redundancy, occupational pay, probation, flexible working and dispute resolution.
NHS resignation guide
Notice by band, handover expectations, accrued leave, final pay and the route back into the NHS.
NHS redundancy rights
Section 16 contractual redundancy pay (one month per year, capped at 24 months), redeployment and appeals.
NHS probation period
Typical six-month structure, reviews, notice during probation, extensions and dismissal.
NHS maternity leave rights
Occupational maternity pay (8 weeks full, 18 weeks half plus SMP, 13 weeks SMP), notice and returning to work.
Career change guide
Pillar UK playbook covering when to switch, financial planning, skills gaps, retraining, CVs, interviews and finding the next role.
CV writing guide
Modern UK CV structure, ATS optimisation, common mistakes, tailoring, and the post-redundancy or post-career-break CV.
CV personal statement examples
Six UK examples covering graduate, career changer, post-redundancy, management, retail and NHS scenarios with commentary.
Interview preparation guide
STAR method, competency and behavioural questions, virtual interviews, salary discussions and follow-up emails.
Job search strategy
LinkedIn, the major UK job boards, recruiters, networking, direct applications and the tracking discipline.
Career change at 40
Money, skills, confidence and realistic timelines for a UK mid-career switch.
Surviving redundancy financially
Week-by-week practical sequence for the first 90 days after redundancy. Money first, then job search, then mental health.
Going freelance after employment
Decision tree for going freelance: sole trader vs limited company, when to register, what to do during notice to set up cleanly.
Career change after 30
Practical framework for mid-career switches. Skills audit, certification gap, parallel pathways, decision criteria.
Notice periods in the UK — a practical guide
How is a notice period calculated?
A notice period runs from the day you hand in your resignation to the last day you’re contractually required to work. If your contract says “one month’s notice”, you add one calendar month to the date you resign — so handing notice in on 15 March gives a final working day of 15 April. Weeks work the same way: two weeks is fourteen calendar days, not ten working days.
When the notice is in months and the target month doesn’t have your start day (e.g. resigning on 31 January with one month’s notice), the convention is to roll back to the last day of the next month — 28 February in most years, 29 February in a leap year.
Do weekends count in a notice period?
Yes. Notice is measured in calendar time, so weekends and bank holidays are included. If your final day lands on a Saturday or Sunday, most employers treat the previous Friday as your last working day — but that’s a practical convention, not a legal rule. The toggle in the calculator above mirrors that approach.
What is the minimum notice period in the UK?
If you’ve been employed for one month or more, the statutory minimum notice you have to give is one week — even if your contract is silent on the subject. Employers, by contrast, owe you at least one week’s notice for each full year of service, up to a cap of twelve weeks after twelve years.
Most contracts ask for longer than the statutory minimum (typically one or three months), and the longer of the two periods applies. Senior roles often have three or six months written in.
Can your employer ask you to work longer?
Not unilaterally. Your notice period is whatever your contract says (or the statutory minimum, whichever is longer). An employer can’t simply extend it. They can, however, ask you to leave earlier and pay you for the unworked notice (a payment in lieu of notice, or PILON), or place you on garden leave — keeping you on the payroll but away from the office.
If you’d like to leave sooner than your contract allows, the best route is usually a polite conversation. Many employers will agree to a shorter notice period in writing if cover is in place.
What should you do after resigning?
Get written acknowledgement of your resignation and the agreed final working day. Check that any accrued holiday will be paid out, and ask when to expect your final payslip and P45. Tidy up handover notes early so the last fortnight isn’t a scramble, and line up references before access to work systems is removed.
If you don’t already have your next role lined up, give yourself a week to refresh your CV and shortlist roles before starting applications in earnest — the resources below are a decent starting point.