Latest line manager briefing: resignations

This line manager briefing guides line managers through the legal and practical implications of employee resignations. It is accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation, which employers can use to train line managers. 

• Line manager briefing on resignations This line manager briefing includes: the practical steps that line managers should take following a resignation; constructive dismissal; and notice periods, including holiday during the notice period and how to ensure business continuity during the notice period. 
• PowerPoint presentation on resignations This accompanies the line manager briefing on resignations and enables employers to give a presentation to a group of line managers on this subject. 

Also

How to deal with a heat of the moment resignation Step-by-step advice on managing a resignation that occurred in the heat of the moment. 

The XpertHR policies and documents section includes policies and documents that line managers should use on termination of employment, including a letter responding to an employee's resignation. 

The XpertHR FAQs section on forms of termination includes answers to the following questions:

• Can an employee retract his or her resignation?
• Can an employee claim unfair dismissal if he or she has resigned?
• If an employee resigns after disciplinary proceedings have been commenced should the employer continue the disciplinary procedure?
• Where an employee tenders his or her resignation prior to the announcement of the closure of the business will he or she be entitled to redundancy compensation?