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As of 13 August 2026, AI can check the notice period in your employment contract.

This still needs a person who signs their name to it.

Can you do it?

5 minutesto a draft.

30 minutesto something you’d act on.

Cost, all in£0

Skill neededchat-fluent

Who has to check ityou

What the alternative costsNo price for a solicitor or other human alternative is stated in the supplied tool information.

If this goes wrong: you rely on the wrong notice date and lose pay, breach a contractual obligation or damage your position in a dispute.

What to actually do

  1. Hand it to a person

    The route this page recommends

    A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.

  2. Use a tool built for this

    Second choice

  3. Do it yourself

    The distant third

    A chat interface, chat-fluent skill, and roughly 30 minutes until you can act on the result.

    How to actually do it

    1. Open your employment contract and collect every later variation letter, promotion letter, handbook extract and policy document that could change termination or notice terms.
    2. Redact unnecessary personal data such as your address, payroll number, bank details and signatures, while leaving clause wording, dates, job status and referenced documents intact.
    3. Record the employment start date, the date you may give notice, whether you are still in probation and any facts about fixed-term employment or previous contract changes.
    4. Paste the prompt above into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, then paste the relevant contract text and supporting wording into the marked slots.
    5. Compare the model's quoted notice clauses and section references against the original contract, and correct any missing pages, amendments or misread wording before relying on its calculation.
    6. Check any statutory minimum notice point against GOV.UK, and send the contract and the model's list of uncertainties to a UK employment solicitor if the wording conflicts, the stakes are serious or you may dispute the termination date.

    Prompt

    You are checking a UK employment contract, not giving professional advice. I will paste the relevant contract text below. Identify every clause that affects notice, including contractual notice, probation, termination, garden leave, payment in lieu of notice, fixed-term wording and any clause that refers to a handbook or policy. Quote the relevant wording exactly and give the section or page reference where available. Then explain in plain English: 1) what notice the contract appears to require from me, 2) whether different notice applies during probation, 3) how the notice period is measured, 4) what facts are needed to calculate the likely final working day, and 5) whether the contract appears to say anything about statutory minimum notice. Separate what the contract clearly says from what is uncertain. Do not invent missing wording, dates or facts. Do not decide whether the clause is legally enforceable. Tell me which points I should check on GOV.UK or with a UK employment solicitor. My relevant facts are: employment start date [DD/MM/YYYY], date notice may be given [DD/MM/YYYY], probation status [if known], and any later variation or promotion letter [paste or say none]. Contract text: [paste the complete contract or the relevant sections here].

    Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.

What it gets wrong

  • AI cannot know whether the contract you supplied is the complete and current version, including an incorporated handbook or an unsigned variation.
  • AI cannot reliably resolve an ambiguous notice clause or decide whether a contractual term is enforceable in your circumstances.
  • AI cannot obtain confidential facts from your employer, payroll team or HR system.
  • AI cannot take responsibility for the date you give notice or the consequences of acting on its interpretation.
  • AI cannot replace a UK employment solicitor where there is a dispute, threatened dismissal or significant financial consequence.

Even on a YES, the friction has a name: legal accountability, judgement under ambiguity and verification cost.

How we scored this

Five axes, each scored nought to two by hand: ten means AI carries the task cleanly, and the thresholds that turn a total into YES, PARTLY or NO are published in the methodology. Each axis name links to its definition.

AxisScore (0–2)
Output2
Inputs2
Verification1
Liability1
Effort delta2
Total8 / 10

The methodology and its thresholds are published in full.

FAQ

Can ChatGPT read my employment contract and find the notice period?
Yes. It can locate and explain the notice clause, compare probation and post-probation wording and calculate a possible final working day from the dates you provide. Check its quoted wording against the original contract.
Can AI tell me when my notice period ends?
It can calculate a likely date if you provide the correct notice date, contract wording and rules about when notice starts and ends. It cannot safely resolve unclear wording or missing amendments, so check the result with HR or a UK employment solicitor when the date matters.
Is it safe to upload my employment contract to AI?
Redact unnecessary personal and confidential information before uploading it, and check the service's privacy terms. This is not professional advice, and a UK employment solicitor should handle a serious dispute or a decision with major consequences.
Does my contract notice period override the legal minimum in the UK?
Your contract may set a notice period, but the interaction between contractual wording and statutory rights depends on the facts and the exact terms. Use GOV.UK for the current official position and ask a UK employment solicitor to assess any conflict or dispute.

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Assessed by gpt-5.6-luna (gpt-5.6-luna) on 2026-08-13, second-checked by an independent model. Wrong somewhere? Email [email protected] and it gets re-checked.

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