Understand your employment contract better

Questioner

The following is stated in my contract. It shall commence on 19 December 2016 and shall end automatically and by operation of law, without any notice of termination or other act of the parties being required, on 19 September 2017. My question. On which day (date) is my last working day? And since I have not yet been sent a letter of notification, can I claim compensation of 1 gross month's salary, which they are legally obliged to send me? Because it says that no action is required for cancellation. Just to be clear, I will not be renewing my contract because I have found other work. And would like to know on what date I can start working for my new employer. I haven't told them this yet because I'm still on vacation.

Lawyer

As I read the contract, September 19 is the last working day. But it is also important what the intention of the employer was. Did he intend to end the contract on September 19? You can discuss this with the employer. You do indeed appear to be entitled to a notice payment. You can hire a lawyer who will draft a letter for you. This letter can be used to request the employer to pay the notice compensation. Of course I am prepared to draft the letter for you.

Questioner

Thank you very much for your clear answer, and I will discuss with my employer when they planned to start the new contract. I will keep in mind your offer regarding the drafting of a letter requesting payment in connection with the expired notice period.