You want to give at least a two weeks' notice. In this article, we cover everything you need to know about writing a resignation letter without notice and provide an example to get you started.Accepting a resignation early without paying the employee for the notice period can have consequences, if the employee gave more than two weeks' notice. Resignation without notice at all - this can include walking off the job, job abandonment, and failure to return to work after a period of leave. Under the Texas Education Code, contract employees are required to resign no later than 45 days before the first day of instruction for the school year. I will go over a step-by-step resignation template letter you can use, how to structure it and provide examples of resignation letters. You must give appropriate notice (in most places it is 2 weeks, but in some companies it may be a month), and then you're done.