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Notice period calculator
The statutory minimums, both directions. A contract can give more than these, never less, and where it gives more, the longer period applies.
The most common mistake. Offer letters that promise one month each way, for staff who go on to serve five, six, ten years. After four complete years the statutory minimum the employer must give exceeds a month, and the statutory figure quietly wins. The contract in the drawer and the law have drifted apart, and nobody has noticed.
How it is worked out
After one month's service an employer must give at least one week's notice, rising to one week per complete year from two years' service, capped at twelve weeks. The employee's statutory minimum to the employer stays at one week throughout, which is why sensible contracts set a longer employee notice in writing.
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