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.
BCC finds 9% of SMEs say employees have left because of requirement to return to the office or onsite working.
There’s not a legal obligation for people in this situation to resign but termination may be justified, even though the event happened outside of work, says an employment lawyer.
FCDO staff told they should consider resigning if they disagree with the UK government’s position on Israel’s conduct in Gaza.
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.
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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.
