Practical and legal issues that arise for employers on a resignation include: the employee's notice period, restrictive covenants, garden leave, accrued but untaken annual leave, recruitment of a replacement, and arranging a handover.
Employers should measure their labour turnover (the outflow of people from an organisation) to ensure that it has an acceptable resignation rate. Employers should analyse any underlying or recurring reasons for staff departures.
Entries are no longer being accepted to a controversial scheme offering financial rewards for staff resignations.
Almost all federal employees have until 6 February to decide whether to resign, as Donald Trump reduces government headcount.
The BBC is facing questions over why it continued to pay news presenter Huw Edwards his salary for five months after his arrest for possessing indecent images of children in November 2023.
Police officers in Scotland are leaving in droves because of misogyny, heavy workloads, stress and pension changes.
May 2024's most sought after FAQs on Brightmine include how to manage poor performance and calculating redundancy pay.
Staff at FA Cup winners Manchester United have been offered early payment of an annual bonus if they resign by next Wednesday.
What is Quit-Tok? Gen Z employees have been taking to social media to show ‘awkward’ discussions with their bosses.
The news that Jürgen Klopp is stepping down as manager of Liverpool FC at the end of the season has raised fresh comment around burnout in HR circles.
The creator of ChatGPT is a facing the threat of OpenAI staff quitting unless the board reinstates it co-founders.
More than half of UK employees were not invited to a formal exit interview when resigning from their last job role, new research has shown.
What lessons are there for female leaders in the resignations of Jacinda Ardern and Nicola Sturgeon?
The downfall of Boris Johnson is a suitable moment for HR to consider how they may best handle the departure of executives who no longer have support.
Resignation cards are here to resolve the problem posed by the dreaded resignation chat. Shame they weren’t here in time for government ministers this week.
A senior HSBC executive has resigned this week, claiming he was “cancelled” after comments he made about the financial risks...
XpertHR's most frequent HR questions in June 2022 involved dealing with ex-employees, bank holidays and unauthorised absence.
