Notice periods when terminating an employment contract: from 3 days to 2 months (Telegram channel citing the Labour Code)

The Telegram channel (t.me/yuristlar_maslahati) listed notice periods for terminating an employment contract, citing articles of the Labour Code. The information is retold below in our own words in tables. Important: we have not seen the text of the Labour Code; the article and part numbers come from the channel's post.

General cases

Deadlines: every task has its date

Case	Period	Article named by the channel
Termination following the initial probation result	3 days	Art. 132
Termination of a fixed-term contract on expiry	3 days	Art. 158
An employee who resigns on their own initiative must warn the employer in advance	14 days	Art. 160

Other periods when the employee resigns

The channel also notes that the period for warning the employer when leaving on one's own initiative is different for some categories:

Category	Advance notice	Article and part named by the channel
Head of an organisation	2 months	Art. 489, part 3
Deputy heads, the organisation's chief accountant and the head of a separate division	1 month	Art. 489, part 4
Workers in seasonal jobs	3 calendar days	Art. 494, part 1
People in temporary jobs	3 calendar days	Art. 499, part 1
Employees of micro-firm employers	7 calendar days	Art. 506, part 1
People working for individual entrepreneurs	7 calendar days	Art. 511, part 1
Domestic workers	7 calendar days	Art. 518, part 1

What does it mean for a chief accountant?

According to the channel, an organisation's chief accountant who resigns voluntarily must warn the employer one month ahead (in one category with deputy heads and the head of a separate division). That (our own remark) is longer than the general 14 days, so it is useful to clarify the position and the type of employer in advance.

What is not known?

We have not seen the text of the Labour Code: the articles, parts and periods come from the channel's post, so their accuracy must be checked against the Code.
The post does not explain who warns whom and when under the 3-day period (probation and fixed-term contracts).
It does not say from which day the periods of 14 days and longer are counted.
Notice periods for other grounds of termination on the employer's initiative are not given in this post.
The date of the post is not given; on our site it was published on 13 November 2026.

Note

This is general information relying on the channel's post, not legal advice. Before resigning or dismissing someone, check the current text of the Labour Code.