Resignation

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• Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Resignations quiz

  A quiz for line managers to test their knowledge on the law and practice relating to resignations.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter responding to an employee's resignation requiring a period of garden leave

  A model letter to inform an employee who has resigned that they are to be placed on garden leave throughout the notice period.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter to an employee confirming return of personal belongings after they have resigned or been dismissed

  A model letter to an employee confirming return of personal belongings after they have resigned or been dismissed.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Internal communication announcing the departure of an employee who has resigned

  A model letter to internally announce the departure of an employee who has resigned.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  External communication announcing the departure of an employee who has resigned

  A model letter to make an announcement to the relevant external parties that an employee has resigned.

• Date:

  24 August 2011

  Type:

  Law reports

  Resignation or dismissal: employment tribunal decisions

  This article summarises the main issues and outcomes in five employment tribunal cases where the key issue was whether the employee resigned or was dismissed.

• Date:

  27 June 2011

  Type:

  Law reports

  Mormon excommunicated after extramarital sex with church member was not forced to resign

  In this unusual case, a Mormon claimed that he was forced to resign from his Mormon Church-related position after he was excommunicated for engaging in extramarital sex with a member of the church.

• Date:

  16 February 2011

  Type:

  Law reports

  Forced resignation was unfair dismissal

  Forcing an employee to resign can easily result in a successful tribunal claim, as this case shows.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter to an employee who has resigned in the heat of the moment

  A model letter to an employee who has resigned in the heat of the moment used to clarify the situation.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Where an employee notifies their employer that they are pregnant after they have given notice of their resignation, will they be entitled to statutory maternity pay?