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Proportional notice period calculator

Proportional notice is 30 days plus 3 days for each full year worked at the same company, capped at 90 days. The calculator counts the years between the hire date and the notice day and also returns the date the period ends.

What Law 12,506 says and how counting works

Law 12,506, of 11 October 2011, gives the rule in two short passages: notice is 30 days for someone with up to 1 year of service at the same company, and to those 30 days 3 days are added per year of service, up to 60 days, for a total of up to 90. The Labor Ministry, in Technical Note 184/2012, adopted the table by full years: 1 year gives 33 days, 2 years give 36, 10 years give 60 and 20 years give 90. Loose months between one anniversary and the next earn no days.
Years count up to the date the notice is given, and service time follows the Civil Code: the year is completed on the same day and month as the hire date, or the following day if that date does not exist (someone hired on 29 February completes the year on 1 March). Someone hired on 10 March 2020 who gets notice on 2 November 2026 has 6 full years, 7 months and 23 days at the company. The 6 years turn into 18 extra days, and the notice is 48 days. Counted by TST Precedent 380, it ends on 20 December 2026.
Two date caveats. Proportionality only applies to notices from 13 October 2011 (TST Precedent 441); before that the period was 30 days for everyone. And the law speaks of notice by the employer: the prevailing position, anchored in the same technical note, is that an employee who resigns serves only 30 days. The 90-day limit is reached at 20 years, and after that extra years add nothing. The full table from 0 to 20 years is in the tool.

Notice given on 2 November 2026

Under 1 year

Input: Admissão 01/03/2026
Expected output: 30 dias, termina em 02/12/2026

No increment.

1 full year

Input: Admissão 02/11/2025
Expected output: 33 dias, termina em 05/12/2026

Year completed on the notice date itself.

6 years and 7 months

Input: Admissão 10/03/2020
Expected output: 48 dias, termina em 20/12/2026

30 + 6 x 3 = 48.

10 years

Input: Admissão 02/11/2016
Expected output: 60 dias, termina em 01/01/2027

30 + 10 x 3 = 60.

20 years

Input: Admissão 02/11/2006
Expected output: 90 dias, termina em 31/01/2027

Law 12,506 cap.

Full tool FAQ

How many days of notice am I entitled to?

It is 30 days, plus 3 days per full year of service at the same company, up to 90 days (Law 12,506/2011). At 1 year it is 33 days, at 5 years 45, at 10 years 60 and at 20 years or more 90. With less than 1 year at the company it is 30 days.

How is the notice period counted?

What is the 2-hour or 7-day reduction in worked notice?

How is paid-out notice calculated?

Does an employee who resigns also get proportional notice?

With exactly 1 year at the company, is it 30 or 33 days?

Does paid-out notice count as time of service?

Are INSS, income tax or FGTS charged on paid-out notice?

When is there no notice at all?

Is the result final? Should I confirm it with someone?

Frequently asked questions

Do incomplete months count for proportional notice?

No. Only full years add 3 days. Someone with 5 years and 11 months gets the 15 days for 5 years, 45 in total, and only reaches 48 at 6 years.

Does the notice date count as the first day?

No. The day the notice is given is left out and counting starts the next day (TST Precedent 380). The last day of the period counts as a notice day.

Does proportional notice apply to a trial-period contract?

In a fixed-term contract there is no notice unless there is an early-termination clause (CLT, art. 481). When that clause exists, the rules for open-ended contracts apply, including the 30-day period.

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Notice days (Law 12,506/2011)
Full years	Days
Under 1 year	30
1 year	33
2 years	36
3 years	39
4 years	42
5 years	45
6 years	48
7 years	51
8 years	54
9 years	57
10 years	60
11 years	63
12 years	66
13 years	69
14 years	72
15 years	75
16 years	78
17 years	81
18 years	84
19 years	87
20 years or more	90

Notice days (Law 12,506/2011)

Full years

Days

Under 1 year

1 year

2 years

3 years

4 years

5 years

6 years

7 years

8 years

9 years

10 years

11 years

12 years

13 years

14 years

15 years

16 years

17 years

18 years

19 years

20 years or more

What Law 12,506 says and how counting works

Law 12,506, of 11 October 2011, gives the rule in two short passages: notice is 30 days for someone with up to 1 year of service at the same company, and to those 30 days 3 days are added per year of service, up to 60 days, for a total of up to 90. The Labor Ministry, in Technical Note 184/2012, adopted the table by full years: 1 year gives 33 days, 2 years give 36, 10 years give 60 and 20 years give 90. Loose months between one anniversary and the next earn no days.

Years count up to the date the notice is given, and service time follows the Civil Code: the year is completed on the same day and month as the hire date, or the following day if that date does not exist (someone hired on 29 February completes the year on 1 March). Someone hired on 10 March 2020 who gets notice on 2 November 2026 has 6 full years, 7 months and 23 days at the company. The 6 years turn into 18 extra days, and the notice is 48 days. Counted by TST Precedent 380, it ends on 20 December 2026.

Two date caveats. Proportionality only applies to notices from 13 October 2011 (TST Precedent 441); before that the period was 30 days for everyone. And the law speaks of notice by the employer: the prevailing position, anchored in the same technical note, is that an employee who resigns serves only 30 days. The 90-day limit is reached at 20 years, and after that extra years add nothing. The full table from 0 to 20 years is in the tool.

Notice given on 2 November 2026

Under 1 year

Input: Admissão 01/03/2026
Expected output: 30 dias, termina em 02/12/2026

No increment.

1 full year

Input: Admissão 02/11/2025
Expected output: 33 dias, termina em 05/12/2026

Year completed on the notice date itself.

6 years and 7 months

Input: Admissão 10/03/2020
Expected output: 48 dias, termina em 20/12/2026

30 + 6 x 3 = 48.

10 years

Input: Admissão 02/11/2016
Expected output: 60 dias, termina em 01/01/2027

30 + 10 x 3 = 60.

20 years

Input: Admissão 02/11/2006
Expected output: 90 dias, termina em 31/01/2027

Law 12,506 cap.

Full tool FAQ

How many days of notice am I entitled to?

How is the notice period counted?

What is the 2-hour or 7-day reduction in worked notice?

How is paid-out notice calculated?

Does an employee who resigns also get proportional notice?

With exactly 1 year at the company, is it 30 or 33 days?

Does paid-out notice count as time of service?

Are INSS, income tax or FGTS charged on paid-out notice?

When is there no notice at all?

Is the result final? Should I confirm it with someone?

Frequently asked questions

Do incomplete months count for proportional notice?

No. Only full years add 3 days. Someone with 5 years and 11 months gets the 15 days for 5 years, 45 in total, and only reaches 48 at 6 years.

Does the notice date count as the first day?

No. The day the notice is given is left out and counting starts the next day (TST Precedent 380). The last day of the period counts as a notice day.