Updated to include information on Nelson v Renfrewshire Council, in which the EAT considered if an employee's failure to exhaust the grievance procedure was a relevant factor in a constructive unfair dismissal claim.
Updated to reflect the EAT's decision in Omar v Epping Forest District Citizens Advice, which confirmed that the relevant question for heat-of-the-moment resignations is whether the employee genuinely intended to resign.
Use this resignation flowchart to deal with an employee's resignation, bearing in mind the employee's contractual obligations regarding matters such as notice, restrictive covenants and the return of company property.
In East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust v Levy, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that an employee's letter of notice to her department did not amount to a resignation from the respondent's employment because the wording used was ambiguous.
Should a hotel have allowed an employee to withdraw a resignation letter that she wrote while agitated during a routine meeting to assess a "mystery-shopper" visit? That was the issue in this employment tribunal.