Minimum Notice

Both employees and employers are obliged to give notice in the case of termination of employment.

Employees

Employees who have been in continuous employment for at least 13 weeks are obliged to provide their employer with one week’s notice of termination of employment. If a greater amount of notice is specified in the employee’s contract of employment, then this notice must be given.

Employers

Employers must give employees notice dependent on length of the employee’s service.

Length of Service	Minimum Notice
Thirteen weeks to two years	One Week
Two to five years	Two Weeks
Five to ten years	Four Weeks
Ten to fifteen years	Six Weeks
More than fifteen years	Eight Weeks

If the employer does not require the employee to work out any part of their notice, the employer is obliged to pay the employee for that period.

For further information download the Explanatory Leaflet on Minimum Notice & Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2001

Follow the link to the relevant legislation; Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act, 1973. and the pre-certified re-stated legislation

Complaints in relation to Minimum Notice can be made to Workplace Relations by completing the Single Complaint Form.