EmploymentWise

Your rights at work, in plain English, with the numbers worked out

Something happened at work. What are you owed, and by when?

Redundancy, notice, leave, sick pay, the minimum wage and the WRC deadline, worked out from the Acts for your own dates and pay. Every figure cites a dated official source. Nothing you type leaves your browser.

Work out what I am owedCheck my WRC deadline

  1. Question 1

    What am I owed?

    Redundancy, notice, leave, sick pay, the minimum wage

    Your own figures from the Acts, laid out as a summary card.

  2. Question 2

    What is the deadline?

    The WRC six-month clock, and a place to keep the dates

    The date, the outer limit, and a reminder before it.

  3. Question 3

    What can they do?

    Dismissal, contracts, leave, and what to write back

    What the Act allows and what the WRC looks at. Never a verdict.

The WRC clock

Open the full checker

Six months from what happened, twelve at most with reasonable cause. Enter a date to see yours. Nothing you type leaves your browser.

Income tax calculator

What is my take-home pay? 2026 against Budget 2027

Income tax, USC, PRSI and the credits that apply to you, side by side for both years, with the difference a year, a month and a week. A chart, a full breakdown and a PDF to keep.

Work out my take-home pay
2026 rule changes · checked 13 Oct 2026Minimum wage €14.15 · sick pay still 5 days · auto-enrolment live · right to work to 66

The WRC in 2025

10,559 complaint applications, up 44%, and a 174-day wait for a hearing

Pay made up 26% of complaints, unfair dismissal 17%, discrimination 14%. Most people with a redundancy, a leave question or a sick-pay question never go near the WRC: they want the number. The tools give the number; the guides say when the WRC, a union or a solicitor is the next step.

  1. Step 1What am I owed?Your statutory sum, your notice, your leave and your sick pay from your own dates and pay. Figures, not a leaflet.
  2. Step 2What is the deadline?Six months from what happened, twelve at most. The checker gives the date; the case file keeps it.
  3. Step 3What can they do?What the Act allows and what the WRC looks at. The check never says a dismissal was unfair; it says where you stand.

The tools · 12, all free

Your own figures and dates, not a leaflet

Everything runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to a server, and no tool says whether a dismissal was unfair or a deduction unlawful: those turn on facts and procedure a tool cannot weigh.

Tool 1FreeWhat is my take-home pay?Income tax calculatorYour income tax, USC, PRSI and take-home pay for 2026 and for 2027 under Budget 2027, side by side: the bands, every credit, pension relief within the age limits, benefit in kind, and the difference a year, a month and a week. A chart, a full breakdown, and a PDF to keep.Work out my take-home pay →Tool 2FreeWhat am I owed?Redundancy calculatorYour statutory lump sum from your start date, end date and weekly pay: two weeks per year plus one, capped at €600 a week, tax-free. If there is an ex gratia offer, the tax exemptions on top, and the notice you are owed.Work out my redundancy →Tool 3FreeHow much notice?Notice calculatorThe statutory minimum each side owes from your length of service, the contractual figure if it is longer, pay in lieu explained, and the date the notice ends.Work out my notice →Tool 4FreeWhat is the deadline?WRC deadline checkerSix months from what happened, twelve only with reasonable cause, the two-month ES1 step for equal status, the 42-day Labour Court window, and a calendar reminder.Check my deadline →Tool 5FreeHow much leave am I owed?Annual leave calculatorYour entitlement by each of the three statutory methods with the greatest as the answer, the accrual to date, the public holidays you qualify for, and the holiday pay owed on leaving.Work out my leave →Tool 6FreeWhat sick pay am I owed?Sick pay calculatorStatutory sick pay for 2026: five days at 70% of pay capped at €110 a day, after 13 weeks' service, with a certificate. Then the hand-off to Illness Benefit.Work out my sick pay →Tool 7FreeAm I being underpaid?Minimum wage checkerThe 2026 rate for your age, the shortfall over the period you enter if there is one, and the WRC route for underpayment with its six-month clock.Check my rate →Tool 8FreeWhen can we take leave?Leave plannerA dated timeline of maternity, paternity, parent's and parental leave from a due date, the benefit amounts, the notice dates you owe your employer, and a calendar download.Plan our leave →Tool 9FreeCan they do that?Unfair dismissal checkA short set of questions: whether the twelve-month threshold applies or is excepted, the WRC clock, the remedy range the Act allows, and what the WRC will look at. It never says the dismissal was unfair.Check my position →Tool 10FreeWhat do I write?Letter builderA formal grievance, a data-access request for your personnel file, or a "please confirm in writing" request after a verbal decision, built from your own answers. Free; nothing is stored.Build my letter →Tool 11FreeWhat is missing from my contract?Contract checkerTick what your written terms contain and see which statutory items are missing, which Act requires each, the five-day and one-month deadlines, and the WRC route for a missing statement.Check my contract →Tool 12FreeWhere do I keep the dates?Case fileA private, dated timeline in your own browser: the events, the WRC clock drawn from them, the figures from the other tools, and what to bring to a hearing. Export and import as a file; never synced.Open my case file →

The guides · 73 at launch

Ten chapters, from losing your job to your own sector

  1. Chapter 1

    Losing your job

    Unfair and constructive dismissal, probation, gross misconduct, notice, being let go while sick, fixed terms, and settlement agreements.

    9 guides

  2. Chapter 2

    Redundancy

    The 2026 rules, the statutory sum, tax, voluntary redundancy, notice, lay-off and short time, and what happens when the employer cannot pay.

    8 guides

  3. Chapter 3

    The WRC

    How to complain, the six-month limit, the hearing, mediation, what decisions are worth, the Labour Court, and whether you need a solicitor.

    7 guides

  4. Chapter 4

    Pay and hours

    Minimum wage by age, payslips and deductions, unpaid wages, overtime and Sunday, breaks, tips, holiday pay on leaving, equal pay, auto-enrolment.

    9 guides

  5. Chapter 5

    Leave

    Annual leave, public holidays, statutory sick pay, Illness Benefit, maternity, paternity, parent's, parental, carer's, domestic violence and force majeure leave.

    10 guides

  6. Chapter 6

    Trouble at work

    Bullying, harassment, discrimination, grievances, disciplinaries, warnings and suspension, performance plans, stress, and whistleblowing.

    9 guides

  7. Chapter 7

    Contracts and status

    What must be in writing, probation, zero-hours and banded hours, part-time and agency work, employee or self-employed, non-competes, and TUPE.

    7 guides

  8. Chapter 8

    Life events

    Resigning, references and your employment detail summary; remote and flexible working requests; working past a retirement age.

    3 guides

  9. Chapter 9

    Working in Ireland from abroad

    Your rights on an employment permit are the same as an Irish worker's; changing employer on a permit. StampWise covers the permit itself.

    2 guides

  10. Chapter 10

    Your sector

    HSE, civil and public service, teachers and SNAs, construction, security, cleaning, childcare, au pairs, healthcare assistants: the schemes and orders above the statutory floor.

    9 guides

Rules version 2026-10, checked 13 October 2026, the employment Acts as amended. Every rule is traceable to a source: Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 (Irish Statute Book) · WRC: unfair dismissal · S.I. No. 146/2000, Code of Practice on Grievance and Disciplinary Procedures · Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Irish Statute Book) · WRC: refer a dispute or make a complaint · WRC: adjudication procedures · Labour Court: appeals · Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act 1973 (Irish Statute Book) · WRC: minimum notice · Redundancy Payments Act 1967 (Irish Statute Book) · Department of Social Protection: redundancy payments · WRC: redundancy · Protection of Employment Act 1977 (Irish Statute Book) · Revenue: lump sum payments on redundancy or retirement · all sources.