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Dis­missal notice

Two-week resignation notice calculator

For an em­ploy­ee of a Kyiv company, the im­por­tant date is when the em­ploy­er re­ceived the res­ig­na­tion notice, not when it was written or sent. Enter the con­firmed receipt date: the cal­cu­la­tor will show the or­di­nary end of the two-week notice period and remind you to check the work sched­ule. The date is not au­to­mat­i­cal­ly the dis­missal date.

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Current
October 6, 2026
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Online
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Online tool

Check the two-week notice calendar

Suit­able only for an or­di­nary em­ploy­ee res­ig­na­tion notice under an in­def­i­nite-term con­tract, without a special ground for a dif­fer­ent date.

What situation is described in your application?

Use the date on the service mark, de­liv­ery con­fir­ma­tion, or other ev­i­dence linking receipt to the con­tents of the ap­pli­ca­tion.

Can you confirm receipt and the contents of the application?

Preliminary notice calendar

The automatic two-week calendar is unreliable here

The period is tied to receipt by the em­ploy­er. The date the notice was written or merely sent is not a re­li­able start­ing point.

How the two weeks are counted

Article 38 of the Labour Code allows an em­ploy­ee under an in­def­i­nite-term em­ploy­ment con­tract to ter­mi­nate it by giving the em­ploy­er two weeks’ written notice. For a prac­ti­cal cal­cu­la­tion, use the proven date an au­tho­rized person re­ceived the notice.

We do not count the receipt date as day one: the count starts on the next cal­en­dar day. Two weeks later falls on the same day of the week. This is a cal­en­dar ref­er­ence, not an au­to­mat­i­cal­ly de­ter­mined date for the order or last working day.

Under Article 241-1 of the Labour Code, if a time limit ends on a non-working day, it must be aligned with the nearest working day. Em­ploy­ers have dif­fer­ent sched­ules, so the cal­cu­la­tor does not assume that Sat­ur­day and Sunday are always days off.

Methodology

Calculation methodology

Pre­lim­i­nary cal­en­dar method­ol­o­gy

  1. Exclude a fixed-term con­tract, a special ground for a dif­fer­ent date, and with­draw­al of the notice.
  2. Use only the date the em­ploy­er re­ceived the written ap­pli­ca­tion, if that fact can be proved.
  3. Count 14 cal­en­dar days from the fol­low­ing day, without chang­ing the day of the week.
  4. We show the cal­en­dar ref­er­ence and sep­a­rate­ly ask you to check a non-working day against the actual sched­ule.
Example

Example of an application in Kyiv

An em­ploy­ee sub­mit­ted a vol­un­tary res­ig­na­tion notice to the HR de­part­ment of a Kyiv company on October 6, 2026, and re­ceived an ac­cep­tance mark on the copy.

  • Open-ended em­ploy­ment con­tract.
  • Con­firmed receipt date — 6 October 2026.
  • The ap­pli­ca­tion does not provide grounds for a dif­fer­ent date.

The period starts on 7 October; the or­di­nary end of two weeks is Tuesday, 20 October 2026.

Before setting the date in an HR order, check the work sched­ule, the wording of the notice, and any changes in intent.

Documents

What to check against the documents

  • Em­ploy­ment agree­ment and doc­u­ments showing its term.
  • A copy of the written ap­pli­ca­tion stating the re­quest­ed date and grounds.
  • Proof of receipt or postal con­fir­ma­tion showing the con­tents of the mailing.
  • The em­ploy­er’s work sched­ule on the cal­en­dar day the period expires.
  • Cor­re­spon­dence about chang­ing the date, with­draw­ing the ap­pli­ca­tion, and the HR order.

Official sources

Prepared
The method­ol­o­gy was pre­pared by the website ed­i­to­r­i­al team under Ar­ti­cles 38, 39, and 241-1 of the Labour Code and Law No. 2136-IX.
Checked
The ed­i­to­r­i­al team checked the cal­en­dar logic and scope of ap­pli­ca­tion against of­fi­cial pro­vi­sions and guid­ance from the State Labour Service of Ukraine.
Important
The result is pre­lim­i­nary and does not replace check­ing the ap­pli­ca­tion, proof of service, sched­ule, and per­son­nel doc­u­ments.

Current as of . The cal­cu­la­tion is pre­lim­i­nary and depends on the doc­u­ments and cir­cum­stances.

Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

Count from the date it was written or from the date it was served?

For a re­li­able count, use the con­firmed date the em­ploy­er re­ceived the notice. If you mailed the ap­pli­ca­tion, keep a copy, the en­clo­sure list, and proof of de­liv­ery; the mailing date does not replace receipt.

Does the day of receipt count toward the two weeks?

No. The first day is the next cal­en­dar day. The 14-day cal­en­dar es­ti­mate falls on the same day of the week as receipt.

What if the last day falls on a Saturday?

Sat­ur­day may be a working day under the sched­ule. If it is non-working for your em­ploy­er, check the next working day under Article 241-1 of the Labour Code. There is no au­to­mat­ic move to Monday.

Can I ask for an earlier release?

Yes, but the ground and date must be as­sessed sep­a­rate­ly. Article 38 covers in­abil­i­ty to con­tin­ue working and em­ploy­er vi­o­la­tions of rules or terms. The wartime rule has sep­a­rate narrow con­di­tions.

What to do if I changed my mind?

Notify the em­ploy­er in writing and keep proof. Article 38 also ad­dress­es the con­se­quences of con­tin­u­ing work after the period expires and the ex­cep­tion where another em­ploy­ee with a pro­tect­ed right to em­ploy­ment has been invited to take the po­si­tion.

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Free initial con­sul­ta­tion

Need to check the date and proof of service?

A lawyer in Kyiv can compare the ap­pli­ca­tion, receipt stamp, work sched­ule and final set­tle­ment before de­ter­min­ing the dis­missal date.

  • the cal­cu­la­tor result can serve as a ref­er­ence for a con­ver­sa­tion
  • doc­u­ments, dead­lines, or con­tract terms may change the con­clu­sion
  • briefly de­scribe the cir­cum­stances in the form if needed