Notice Period Calculator
Calculate your last working day, plan your joining date, estimate buyout cost, and track your exit checklist.
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What is Notice Period Calculator?
A notice period calculator helps employees and HR professionals quickly work out key dates and costs when someone resigns or is terminated. Whether you are planning a job change, negotiating a joining date with a new employer, or calculating what it costs to buy out a notice period, this tool removes the manual date arithmetic and guesswork.
When you resign, most employment contracts require you to serve a fixed notice period — commonly 30, 60, or 90 days. Your last working day is calculated by adding that period to your resignation date. Weekends and public holidays may or may not count depending on your contract and jurisdiction. The calculator handles calendar days, working days, and customisable holiday exclusions.
If your new employer needs you to join before your notice period ends, you may need to pay a buyout — typically calculated as your basic daily salary multiplied by the remaining notice days. The calculator estimates this cost so you can negotiate with confidence or budget accordingly.
It also checks whether your proposed joining date with the new company falls after your last working day, flagging any gap or overlap so you can plan accordingly. Whether you are in India, the UK, Singapore, or another country with standard notice conventions, this tool saves you from manual calculations and avoids costly scheduling mistakes.
How to Use Notice Period Calculator
- Enter your resignation date
Select the date on which you submitted or plan to submit your resignation to your employer.
- Set your notice period
Enter the notice period from your contract in days (e.g. 30, 60, or 90) and choose calendar or working days.
- See your last working day
The calculator shows your last working day and checks it against your prospective employer's joining date.
- Estimate notice buyout
Enter your basic monthly salary to see the estimated cost of buying out any remaining notice days.
Key Benefits
Handles calendar days vs working days and lets you exclude weekends and public holidays from the count.
Instantly flags whether your new employer's joining date falls before your last working day, avoiding contract breaches.
Enter your salary to get an estimate of the notice buyout amount so you can plan your finances and negotiation.
All calculations happen in your browser. No personal salary or employment data is stored or transmitted.
Frequently Asked Questions
A notice buyout (also called notice pay in lieu) is when you or your employer pays the equivalent salary for the remaining notice period so you can leave earlier than your contractual last working day.
You can choose. Most employment contracts specify calendar days (including weekends) but some use working days only. Toggle the setting to match your contract language.
Yes. You can enter public holiday dates to exclude from the working-day count, ensuring your last working day calculation is accurate for your region.
The date maths works universally. However, minimum notice periods and buyout rules vary by country and contract type, so always verify the result against your employment agreement and local labour laws.