We've written 6 guides on notice periods, your last day and two weeks' notice letters. Each one ties back to the Notice Period Calculator. The newest one, out October 12, 2026, is "UK Notice Periods: Legal Minimums, Contracts and PILON." Some of them also use the Resignation Letter Generator, AI Email Writer and Job Offer Comparison Calculator.
Quitting comes with numbers people get wrong all the time. How much notice? Is the last day the Friday or the Monday? Does the law where you live set a minimum? There's a guide per country here, and Canada gets one by province.
Read your contract first, since it can ask for more notice than the law does. Then let the notice period calculator count the days, and use the letter examples for what to put in writing.
How much notice do I need to give, and when's my last day? Enter the day you resign and see the exact date you finish.
UK notice periods run both ways. Once you have worked a month you owe at least one week when you resign, and an employer owes one week per full year of service, up to 12 weeks. A longer contract period, such as one or three months, is the one you work to. Below are the rules and worked dates.
Canada notice periods depend on who regulates your job. The Canada Labour Code covers federal industries, and every other job follows its province. Only Alberta makes most people who quit give notice. Employers owe from 1 week up to 8 weeks, depending on your years of service.
Australia notice periods come from the National Employment Standards when your employer ends the job: 1 to 4 weeks by service, plus a week if you are over 45 with 2 years. When you resign, your award sets the notice, and most awards use the same table without the extra week.
Four letters you can copy: short, formal, one with a reason, and one for a shift job. Along the way you'll pin down your exact last working day and see what to do if it falls on a weekend or holiday. Then there's a handover plan for the ten working days that follow.
Your notice period starts the day after you resign. Give four weeks' notice on Thursday, October 1, 2026 and your last working day is Thursday, October 29. A month's notice runs to Sunday, November 1, which makes Friday, October 30 your last day at work.
When you quit, notice period law asks little: none under US or Canadian federal law, one week in the UK, and in Australia whatever your award or contract says. Employers who let you go owe more. Here's each country's rule, with real numbers, and how to find the date your contract sets.
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