How many notice-period days am I owed?

7 days with 3 to 6 months of service, 14 with more than 6 months up to a year, and 28 with more than a year.

What happens with less than 3 months?

No notice period applies under the Article 76 scale.

If notice was given and I worked those days, am I owed extra pay?

No: during the notice period, the contract's obligations continue and you're paid your normal salary. The notice-period payment is the substitute compensation owed when it wasn't given or was insufficient.

Who pays the compensation for omitting the notice period?

The party that omits the notice or gives insufficient notice pays the other (Art. 79): the employer to the worker, or the worker to the employer.

Is the notice period subject to income tax?

No: it's exempt from income tax and must be paid within ten days of the contract's termination (Art. 86).

Dominican Republic Notice Period Calculator

Dominican Republic · Employment

Calculate the notice period (preaviso) in the Dominican Republic under Article 76 of the Labor Code: 7, 14, or 28 days of salary based on your seniority. Estimates the substitute compensation owed when notice wasn't given or was insufficient.

How is it calculated?

Article 76 scale: with 3 to 6 months of continuous work, 7 days; from 6 months to one year, 14 days; and with one year or more, 28 days. With less than 3 months, no notice period applies. The substitute compensation (Art. 79) equals the pay for those days: days × daily salary. Daily salary is the period's ordinary salary averaged over the last 12 months (or months worked) and divided by 23.83 days per month (11.91 per biweekly period, 5.5 per week, 1 per day), as in the official Ministry of Labor calculator. If notice is properly given and worked through, those days aren't paid as additional compensation: the calculator estimates the substitute payment. The notice period is exempt from income tax (Art. 86) and must be paid within ten days of termination. This is a rough estimate.

Examples

5 years of service, monthly salary of 30,000
28 days × 1,258.92 = 35,249.69.
Exactly 6 months of service
14 days × 1,258.92 = 17,624.84.

How many notice-period days you're owed

The notice period depends on seniority: 7 days with at least 3 months, 14 days with at least 6 months, and 28 days with one year or more.

With more than a year of seniority and a salary of 30,000, the 28-day notice period equals 35,249.69. If it wasn't given, that amount is paid as substitute compensation. Figures are illustrative.

Seniority	Notice-period days
3 to under 6 months	7
6 to under 12 months	14
12 months or more	28

Notice period, severance pay, and benefits

The notice period is usually calculated together with severance pay when the employer terminates the contract through severance notice.

Sources

Ministry of Labor (Dominican Republic) — Labor Code (Law 16-92 and amendments): notice period (Art. 76 and 79), severance pay (Art. 80), vacation (Art. 177 to 182), overtime and night hours (Art. 203 and 204), Christmas salary (Art. 219 to 222), and profit sharing (Art. 223) — in effect since June 1992 · reviewed on September 25, 2026
Ministry of Labor (Dominican Republic) — Official benefits and vested-rights calculator: calculation methodology used as a cross-check reference (indicative results) — in effect since January 2026 · reviewed on September 25, 2026

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