Resignation

New and updated

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  Employment law guide

  Forms of termination

  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.

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  How to

  How to deal with a heat-of-the-moment resignation

  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.

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  Interactive flowcharts

  Resignation: Deal with an employee's resignation

  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.

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  Employment law cases

  Notice to department did not constitute resignation from employer

  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.

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  Letters and forms

  Letter accepting withdrawal of employee's resignation

  A model letter responding to an employee accepting withdrawal of their resignation.

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  Letters and forms

  Letter responding to employee's resignation confirming payment in lieu of notice

  A model letter responding to an employee's resignation confirming payment in lieu of notice.

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  Letters and forms

  Letter confirming termination date and final payments to employee who has resigned

  A model letter to confirm a resigning employee's termination date and set out their final payments.

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Kirsti Laird is senior associate at Charles Russell Speechlys. She rounds up the latest rulings.

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  Employment law cases

  Employee tries to withdraw resignation letter written during routine performance appraisal meeting

  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.

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  Tasks

  Manage an employee who does not wish to return to work after maternity leave