Notice Period Calculator
Enter your resignation date, the notice your contract asks for, and the last working day you have agreed. You get back the notice served, any shortfall, and what a buyout of that shortfall would cost.
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Notice and recovery
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How notice periods work in India
For most private-sector staff, notice period is a contract term rather than a legal one. What you owe is what your appointment letter says. Most letters ask for 30, 60 or 90 days, and senior roles sit at the higher end. Where the Industrial Disputes Act covers a workman, a legal floor of one month applies beneath the contract.
The clock starts the day you hand in written notice, rather than the day you told your manager or the day HR accepted it. Resign on 1 March with 90 days to serve, and your notice runs to 30 May.
Shortfall and buyout
Leave before the notice ends and the unserved days count as a shortfall. Most contracts let you buy out those days. They also let the employer take the same sum from your final settlement. Many leave that choice to the employer rather than to you.
Recovery is worked out on a 30-day month:
- Per-day salary = Monthly salary ÷ 30
- Buyout amount = Per-day salary × Shortfall days
Some contracts base the buyout on basic salary. Others use gross. The gap between the two is wide, so read the wording before you assume the smaller figure.
Working out a 60-day shortfall
An employee resigns on 1 January. The contract asks for 90 days. They agree a last working day of 31 January. That serves 30 days and leaves a shortfall of 60.
On a salary of ₹60,000 a month, the per-day rate is ₹2,000. The recovery comes to ₹1,20,000. It is either cut from the final settlement or paid by the new employer as a buyout.
Serving the full notice avoids the recovery. That is why it pays to check the shortfall before you agree a joining date elsewhere.
Points worth checking in your contract
- Whether the buyout runs on basic salary or on gross pay. This can double the sum.
- Whether accrued leave can offset notice. Many policies allow it only with approval.
- Whether the employer can waive notice on its own, and whether a waiver ends the recovery.
- Whether the relieving letter depends on serving full notice, since your next employer will ask for it.
- Whether notice is shorter during probation, as it often is.
Sources
Notice periods for most private-sector staff are a matter of contract, not statute. The legal floor that does exist comes from the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 for workmen, and from the shops and establishments Act of the state you work in.
- India Code — central labour legislationindiacode.nic.in
This calculator is an estimate, not tax or legal advice. Where a figure here and the statute disagree, the statute governs.
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