Resigning when you have no contract...

[purplebutterfly]

I 'am planning to leave my current job sometime before christmas, however I have never been issued with a formal contract and was wondering if anyone knows what the minimum notice is that I have to give.

[Kentish]

Ask?

If you don't have a contract, there's probably no official notice period but it's only courteous to give as much notice as you can.

[Man Of Kent]

It depends on how often you are paid.

If you are paid weekly then you should offer a weeks notice, if you are paid monthly then you should give a month...

It's not a legal requirement, and you have no contract to breach. But if you want to give this employers as a reference in the future (and your next will wonder why you aren't, if you don't) then it would be a good idea to follow that guide...