Resignations
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.
Secretary who resigned because of discrimination was constructively dismissed
A secretary who resigned because she was asked to be complicit in discriminatory recruitment practices was constructively and unfairly dismissed,...
Director who resigned in ‘heat of the moment’ was unfairly dismissed
The managing director of an electrical supplies company who resigned “in the heat of the moment” was unfairly dismissed.
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Top 10 HR questions March 2019: Anonymous witness rights
If a witness in a disciplinary procedure wishes to remain anonymous, how can the employer balance their privacy against the...
Top 10 HR questions November 2018: employee or worker?
A number of recent employment tribunal cases have dealt with the employment status of people working in the “gig economy”....
Top 10 HR questions October 2018: annual leave and sickness absence
How should employers deal with annual leave entitlement for employees on long-term sick leave? This issue is dealt with in...
Conducting termination discussions successfully (webinar)
The heightened media interest in “gagging clauses” means that now may be the time to review your organisation’s approach to...
Were Waitrose Food editor’s ‘killing vegans’ remarks a sackable offence?
The editor of Waitrose’s Food magazine resigned this week after comments he made about “killing vegans” and “force-feeding them meat”...
Giving notice to leave a job is not always a letter of resignation
A letter that gives one month’s notice should not automatically be interpreted as a letter of resignation, an employment appeal...
Top 10 HR questions August 2018 – Brexit and executive pay ratios
While progress has been made in some areas of the Brexit negotiations, including agreement on the rights of EU citizens...
Clarks boss gets the boot after behaviour ‘fell short’
The boss of iconic shoemaker Clarks has resigned after the British company said his behaviour had fallen short of the...
Sir Martin Sorrell leaves WPP in accordance with “at-will” agreement
Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of WPP, has stepped down from his position following an investigation into allegations of misconduct. Accord...
Employee notice periods: Getting the balance right
New XpertHR Benchmarking research has found that most employers are happy with the way notice periods work at their organisation, ...
Workplace protected conversations shield cannot be waived
In DLA Piper’s latest case report, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) confirmed the privilege that applies to protected conversations cannot...
Employee notice periods: take part in our survey
XpertHR is running a short benchmarking survey on employee notice periods, focusing on resignations outside the probationary period.
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Notice periods: 10 employers’ questions on UK law
What do employers need to know about notice periods on the termination of employment? Ashok Kanani answers the top 10...
