uk_notice_pay
UK Notice Pay Calculator
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How many weeks’ notice you’re owed, what it pays, and how much of it is taxed. Your employer owes you notice when they end your job: one week if you have been there under two years, then one week for every full year, up to twelve. This works out your weeks and what they pay — and then the part people get wrong. Notice pay is not covered by the £30,000 tax-free allowance that shelters redundancy pay; if it is paid in lieu it is taxed as normal earnings. And if your employer has gone bust and the state pays instead, the amount is capped at £751 a week and reduced by benefits you claimed — or could have claimed, even if you never applied.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| situation | string | no | How is your notice being handled? The decisive input: it changes both the amount and the tax. Paid in lieu is taxed as earnings with no £30,000 shelter. The insolvency route is capped weekly and reduced by benefits. |
| years | number | no | Complete years worked there Full years of continuous employment. Part years do not add a week — at 4 years 11 months you get 4 weeks, not 5. |
| weeklyPay | number | no | Your weekly pay before tax (£) Gross, before tax. Monthly salary ÷ 4.333 if that is easier. |
| contractWeeks | number | no | Notice in your contract (weeks, if longer) Leave 0 to use the statutory minimum. Many contracts say one or three months — that is 4.3 or 13 weeks, and the longer of the two always wins. |
| nation | string | no | Where you work Notice periods are the same everywhere in the UK. Only the insolvency weekly cap differs: £751 in Great Britain, £783 in Northern Ireland. |
| benefits | number | no | Benefits you got (or could have got) during notice (£ total) Insolvency claims only. Universal Credit or Jobseeker’s Allowance for the notice period is deducted — and it is deducted even if you never applied, unless you were refused and send the rejection letter. |
| taxRate | string | no | Your income tax rate Used to estimate the tax on your notice pay. National Insurance comes off on top of this and is not included in the estimate. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"situation": {
"description": "How is your notice being handled? The decisive input: it changes both the amount and the tax. Paid in lieu is taxed as earnings with no £30,000 shelter. The insolvency route is capped weekly and reduced by benefits.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"pilon",
"worked",
"insolvent"
],
"default": "pilon"
},
"years": {
"description": "Complete years worked there Full years of continuous employment. Part years do not add a week — at 4 years 11 months you get 4 weeks, not 5.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 50,
"default": 5
},
"weeklyPay": {
"description": "Your weekly pay before tax (£) Gross, before tax. Monthly salary ÷ 4.333 if that is easier.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 20000,
"default": 700
},
"contractWeeks": {
"description": "Notice in your contract (weeks, if longer) Leave 0 to use the statutory minimum. Many contracts say one or three months — that is 4.3 or 13 weeks, and the longer of the two always wins.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 52,
"default": 0
},
"nation": {
"description": "Where you work Notice periods are the same everywhere in the UK. Only the insolvency weekly cap differs: £751 in Great Britain, £783 in Northern Ireland.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"gb",
"ni"
],
"default": "gb"
},
"benefits": {
"description": "Benefits you got (or could have got) during notice (£ total) Insolvency claims only. Universal Credit or Jobseeker’s Allowance for the notice period is deducted — and it is deducted even if you never applied, unless you were refused and send the rejection letter.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100000,
"default": 0
},
"taxRate": {
"description": "Your income tax rate Used to estimate the tax on your notice pay. National Insurance comes off on top of this and is not included in the estimate.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"0",
"20",
"40",
"45"
],
"default": "20"
}
},
"required": [],
"additionalProperties": false
}