There are many different reasons for someone leaving your employment: resignation,
dismissals on grounds of ill-health, misconduct, poor performance, redundancy
or the expiry of a fixed-term contract, TUPE, retirement and, rarely but sadly, death in service.
Use our guides to ensure that you follow a fair process and are aware of any relevant legal
implications.
Managing leavers
Exit interviews
References
Notice periods
Dismissal
Step by step redundancy
Redundancy
Redundancy pay - ready-reckoner
Managing "redundancy survivor syndrome"
Retirement - statutory procedure
Retirement
Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Earnings) Regulations (TUPE)
Reduction in limits for unfair dismissal: as from 1 February 2010, the
maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal was reduced, as were
statutory guarantee pay and the minimum compensation for union exclusion or
expulsion.
See: key statistics.
Default retirement age: the government will be carrying out its
review of the default retirement age a year earlier than planned, in 2010 rather
than 2011. A proposed amendment to the Equality Bill would remove enforced
retirement. See: Equality Bill.
Injury to feelings: the guidance bands on compensation for injury to
feelings have been increased with immediate effect. See: employment tribunals.
Whistleblowing: employment tribunals will have the power to pass
on whistleblowing allegations to the relevant regulatory authorities for claims
arising on or after 6 April 2010.
See: whistleblowing.
